Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [Fwd: Materials]
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 19:01:05 -0500

At 04:07 PM 11/5/97 -0500, Ben Bentley 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.
>
But the really relevant question is: Does the water in each glass taste
different?

As you point out later in your post, the primary mechanisms of tone
production involve the mouthpiece chamber and bore. Any vibration of the
material is purely secondary. Thus your example is not quite valid.

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