Klarinet Archive - Posting 000118.txt from 1998/12

From: "Cox, Graeme" <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
Subj: [kl] FW: Donald J. Casadonte and Clare Lawton from Double-reed list
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:15:27 -0500

The following post to the Double-reed list might be of interest to
Klarinetters. Are clarinet reeds made from Arundo Donax or another variety
of cane?

Graeme Cox
Graeme.Cox@-----.nz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hfleet@-----.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 10:24 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Donald J. Casadonte and Clare Lawton
>
> A feature article in Science News magazine (V. 140, Dec. 14, 1991, pp.
> 392-394) on Arundo donax (reed cane) cited some interesting work by
> Donald Casadonte and Clare Lawton. (At the time Casadonte was a doctoral
> student in music [clarinet] at Ohio State University, and Clare Lawton an
> oboist and doctoral student in botany and engineering at the University
> of Reading in England.) Casadonte was investigating the structural,
> chemical, and vibrational properties of reeds and cane, using some
> interesting and novel techniques, and Lawton was looking into the
> anatomical properties of cane that contribute to its acoustic and
> vibrational properties. They both promised followup to their work, but I
> have not been able to find any. (My literature searches come up with
> papers by a Donald J. Casadonte and Clare Lawton, respectively, but their
> papers don't relate to the topic at all.)
>
> Does anyone know of followup work by these people? Does anyone know of
> their whereabouts and how they can be reached?
>
> Thanks!
> Harvey Fleet
> Bassoon, Denver, CO

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