Klarinet Archive - Posting 000618.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: String
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 02:30:52 -0400

At 09:25 PM 9/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Obviously, studies are needed to sort this out. The materials, the
> tightness of the helix, the length, etc. Any takers?
>
> Steve Gordon
> Beaverton, OR
>
>
>Steve,
> If you run the string from clarinet to clarinet, will it double as a
>telephone?
>
>Carol
>
>Is that why they call the bottom section of a clarinet the "Bell." Also
notice that piece's similarity in shape to the earpiece of a 1920's
"candlestick" type phone.

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