Klarinet Archive - Posting 000622.txt from 1998/01

From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Science of tone in diff. instruments
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:38:46 -0500

> My feeling about the
> difference between art and science, in science there can only be one
> correct answer, in art there are limitless answers.
>
> D. Jim Caron
> Laser Bassoonist

Bravo! You said in one sentence what took me three paragraphs.

R Howe

James N. Caron wrote:
>
> Being in the field of Acoustics, I echo (pun intended) the remarks by
> Robert Howe. The Acoustical Society of America has a considerable
> contigent which studies the acoustics of musical instruments and
> performance halls. I attended several talks during last year's meeting in
> Hawaii (when I wasn't on the beach). Countless articles can be found in
> the their journals and proceedings. However, trying quantify what an
> ideal instrument is equivalent to quantifing what people feel the
> instrument should sound like, an impossible task. My feeling about the
> difference between art and science, in science there can only be one
> correct answer, in art there are limitless answers.
>
> D. Jim Caron
> Laser Bassoonist