Klarinet Archive - Posting 000799.txt from 1998/12

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gas flow rate in clarinet
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:48:46 -0500

Well, you left one out. What does a conical "pipe" open at both ends (a
conical flute?) overblow?

Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Dee D. Hays wrote:

> Well the saxophone is a conical pipe (as is the oboe) while the clarinet is
> basically a cylindrical pipe. The conical pipe has a different behavior
> pattern. Just to summarize:
>
> Cylindrical pipe & open at both ends - Overblows the octave - Flutes
> Cylindrical pipe & closed at one end - Overblows the twelfth - Clarinets
> Conical pipe - overblows the octave - Saxophones and oboes
>

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