Klarinet Archive - Posting 001358.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inserted vs integral tone holes
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:51:53 -0400

At 11:15 PM 7/29/98 EDT, GTGallant wrote:
>In a message dated 98-07-29 22:41:56 EDT, you write:
>
><< but it cannot possibly be good
> for the overall resonance of the instrument >>
>
>
>I believe Luis Rossi uses tone hole inserts and it doesn't affect anything.
>His clarinets are more resonant, rich, and in-tune more than anything I've
>ever heard. I have a Yamaha 72 A clarinet that uses inserts and it sounds
>great. I don't think tone and resonace is different with them. After
all, it
>is the internal shape of the tone hole that dictates sound and response. Not
>opinion, pure scientific, researched, widely-known fact!
>
That's why I put in the caveat (deleted in your quote) about "assuming you
believe that makes any difference." Theoretically, if the vibration of the
body of the clarinet does not affect the tone, then inserted tone holes
should make no difference. But if the vibration of the wood (or whatever
material) DOES affect the tone, then the discontinuity of materials caused
by all those glued-in inserts would have to stifle the natural resonances
of the body of the clarinet, wouldn't it? Anybody HAVE any real pure,
scientific research facts on this question?

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