Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 1997/11

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: re:from material to blow out
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:14:55 -0500

I didnt' write that the materials don't make a difference. In fact I do believe
that they do. As to blow out- thats another mythical subject that us Clarinet
players burn the midnight oil discussing. I again believe that clarinets DO blow
out, but there are others that do not.

Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 20:34:57 -0500
From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>
Subject: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #381
David C. Blumberg wrote:
>
> That the material does not make a difference in the sound.
All this debate about walls and material, so many opines, so few data.
I suggest you LOOK IT UP, if you check a standard acoustics text--say,
Art Benade's Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics (Dover, NY)--you will
find that the material matters but only to a point. THe discussion is
long and technical, but the material is less important than the finish
on it.
Hence the value of a smooth, polished bore, which absorbs less energy
via friction and provides an easier blowing, more flexible instrument.
If you think about this a moment you will understand how clarinets and
oboes "play out", and why bassoons do not.
RObert Howe