Klarinet Archive - Posting 000513.txt from 1998/09

From: charette@-----.org
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch standard confusion
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:24:40 -0400

>Ok, off my soap box, any flamers out there ??

Yes. You made the statement:

> HOWEVER, the speed of sound IS affected by the density of the medium it
> travels thru - all other things equal, this means that any
> sound producer will probably produce different pitches in a cold room vs.
> a warm room(tuning fork, clarinet, etc). It is a well know fact that
> the speed of sound is MUCH different when travelling thru water than thru
> air, even though the producer of the sound may be the same, for example.

The local speed of sound in air only affects the pitch of wind instruments.
A violin playing in a helium atmosphere will sound strange, but will still
produce the same pitch(es).

Mark Charette@-----.org

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