Klarinet Archive - Posting 000381.txt from 1999/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Density of Wood
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:04:51 -0400

At 09:21 PM 4/6/99 +0200, David Glenn wrote:
I am still dying to know why clutching the barrel
>changes the sound. I would also love an explanation for the changes in
tone and
>attack brought about by "Resonance Spectral Tuning" as it *seems* logically
>impossible to me. For that matter, any experiments with encasing the
barrel in water
>???

I tried the experiment last night and found very little difference, and
then only when grabbing with my whole hand and holding quite firmly. My
own theory is that by holding the clarinet there, especially when playing
the throat tones where the instrument is normally held only at the
thumbrest and embouchure, prevents the vibration of the instrument that is
directly caused by vibration of the lip in direct contact with the reed,
etc. In other words, the vibration that is damped in that way is
incidental vibration that is applied EXTERNALLY to the clarinet and has
nothing to do with the vibrating air column inside. Most of the difference
the player hears is likely heard through bone conduction. Does this make
any sense?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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