Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 1999/04

From: Gary Van Cott<Gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Density of Wood
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:16:01 -0500

One would assume the Buffet Greenline has a completely smooth bore. . .

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Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com> on 04/03/99 05:07:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [kl] re: Density of Wood

At 12:39 AM 4/3/99 -0500, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:
>Tim,
> I think you are missing a very important facet here. The Actual
>surface texture is crucial to sound. Ask any acoustician. Surfaces
>reflect and refract sound, greatly affecting sound quality. The inside of
>plastic clarinets is completely smooth while that of wooden clarinets is
grainy. I
>am POSITIVE that therein lies as much of a difference as the density of
>the wood versus the density of plastic.
>
Sounds like an easy experiment to me. All you have to do is score some
fake grain on the inside of a plastic clarinet (a la Artley outsides) and
very smoothly polish a wood bore.

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