Klarinet Archive - Posting 000323.txt from 1998/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: re:Benade, not Bonade
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 22:38:58 -0500

Well, if youre talkin' great teachers-players of the past, then it's
Bonade,...... Daniel Bonade (shaken, not stirred;). If it's acoustics then
it's Arthur H. Benade.

David Blumberg

Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 19:35:38 -0600
From: "Luanne S. Jacobs" <wwplayr@-----.net>
Subject: Re: Reeds and Benade (was speed & volume)

I believe the proper spelling is Bonade!

Grant Green wrote:

> At 06:13 PM 1/6/98 -0500, Tim wrote:
> >OK, despite my strong intuitive sense to the contrary, I guess I have to
> >grudgingly allow that the reed hits the tip of the mouthpiece. It just
> >seems incredible to me that the reed tip could flex that far, and I would
> >have guessed that the forces caused by the sudden stoppage of the airflow
> >would blow the reed apart.
> >However, I REFUSE to believe the reed vibrates at the pitch frequency!