Klarinet Archive - Posting 000187.txt from 1997/11

From: Dave Lane <davelane@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [Fwd: Materials]
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:53:50 -0500

At 04:07 PM 11/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Re. materials discussed in another thread, let's do an experiment. Take
three
>dimensionally identical drinking glasses. On is plastic, one is glass,
one is
>crystal. Tap each lightly with a fingernail. If they sound the same,
materials
>don't matter. If the sound different, materials do matter.

Your experiment is flawed from the start, unless you personally play the
clarinet by tapping on it. As someone else said, it's the air column that
vibrates when a clarinet is played properly.
Dave Lane
Lewisville, TX
davelane@-----.com