Klarinet Archive - Posting 000711.txt from 1999/05

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:22:39 -0400

Sfdr@-----.com schrieb:

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> The bells had the same bore dimensions but varied quite a bit
> in wood density and grain structure. Mr. Moennig would weigh each bell and
> mark them accordingly. He said that bells could vary as much as 1.5 ounces
> in weight. The lighter weight bells would always get picked first as they
> had the darker warmer tones.

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> Thank you,
>
> Alvin Swiney
>
> Affordable Music Co.
>
> P. O. Box 4245
>
> Virginia Beach, VA 23454
>
> 757-412-2160 fax 412-2158
>
> E-mail sfdr@-----.com
>

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That's interesting. In effect this is also a result of the Resonance Spectral
Tuning of the clarinet bell. Wood is removed but on specific points so that the
nodes are strengthened. It is definitely lighter afterwords. However, Georg
Ignatius (inventor) says that if you take wood away at the *wrong* spots, it will
play worse....

I'd be curious to try the three bells in comparison to one another: the normal
(heavier), the lighter and the also lighter resonance spectal tuned. I don't
suppose you do bells for H. Wurlitzer clarinets, do you??

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.de

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