Klarinet Archive - Posting 000760.txt from 1998/02

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Acoustics of the Primitive Early Clarinets
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:08:12 -0500

Daniel.Meirsman@-----.com wrote:

>Flutes have cylindrical bores. The reason clarinets overblow at 12ths
>and flutes at 8ths is the way energy is fed into the wave. In one
>case it is at points of greatest admittance in the other at the point
>of greatest impedance. In other words the sound generating mechanism
>is responsable for the difference (the 'mouthpiece').

Benade's book mentions a fascinating experiment in which a flute mouthpiece
is fitted to a clarinet body. The resulting sound is that of a flute
rather than a clarinet. I found that somewhat surprising, but it does
support your conclusion.
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- Tim Roberts
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
timr@-----.com