Klarinet Archive - Posting 000676.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch standard confusion
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:56:56 -0400

At 09:48 AM 9/19/98 -0500, Dee Hays wrote:
>If the change were due to changes in the instrument length, they would get
>longer in the heat (i.e. flatter) rather than sharper as is the case in the
>real world. Notice how much players have to pull their barrel or tuning
>slide on a hot day to match an electronic tuner. They don't push them in
>unless they have pulled them too far in the first place.
>
Right. The change thermal expansion causes is NOT so much in the length of
the instrument, but in the diameter of the bore. When the wood expands,
the diameter SHRINKS. Only a very small change is required to be
significant, relative to overall length.

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