Klarinet Archive - Posting 000591.txt from 1998/12

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Update on Don Casadonte's Work & More
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:11:34 -0500

Mark,
The Casadonte work sounds very interesting. I'm really looking forward to
it!

The "Another topic" book interests me, too. I'd appreciate the author's
address.
Ed Maurey
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> From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Update on Don Casadonte's Work & More
> Date: Monday, December 14, 1998 8:25 PM
>
> I had a long phone conversation with Don Casadonte today - Don doesn't
> have email at the present, and finally reached me by phone.
>
> For those of you who don't know, Don did his Doctoral work on reeds and
> mouthpieces, studying vibrational modes of reeds and the fluid dynamics
> of the reed, mouthpiece, and clarinet combinations. He took movies of
> the mouthpiece and reed in action and did computer simulations.
>
> Over the next few months the entire dissertation will be placed on
> Sneezy, including the illustrations, movies, and FE models. It should
> make for interesting reading. I'll keep the list posted on
> developments - the first parts of the text (about 400 pages) should
> start to show up early next year.
>
> Another topic:
>
> I receive "comps" (complimentary gifts) occasionally but I don't report
> on them in public; I only discuss those things I've bought with my own
> money. However, I came into the possession of a book which discusses
> clarinet intonation, including the rationale and effects of changing the
> cork bumpers/key heights and taping the holes (with diagrams of the
> shape and size of the pieces of tape for different holes). There's more
> (resonance fingerings, etc.) that's available elsewhere, but this is the
> first book I've seen that discusses the how and why of the cork/tape
> methods. I want to stay ethical and keep from promoting things I get for
> free; however, at least to me this was just too unusual _not_ to share.
>
> If you're interested in this book contact me personally and I'll put you
> in contact with the author.
>
> Cheers,
> ----
> Mark Charette@-----.org
> Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
> All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
> "There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger
>
>
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