Klarinet Archive - Posting 000767.txt from 1999/05

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: RE: [kl] re: blow out
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 18:08:13 -0400

In a message dated 5/16/99 1:11:25 PM, fredj@-----.edu writes:

<< Of course it can! How do you think scientists think about projects?
They
see what is happening to them and those around them and start to think
about documening the conditions and eventually understanding them.>>

I'm not sure if blowout exists but I suspect that changes DO occur in
woodwind instruments over time that might affect their resonance and
intonation. As scientists, we often begin with a simple observation or a
hunch. From there we develop an hypothesis. Then we design controlled
experiments to prove or disprove our hypotheses. Very often, we end up
learning something totally new and unexpected. Or, as my major professor used
to say, "Even negative data are meaningful."

In terms of blowout, I think we're just in the "observation" stage or maybe
the "hypothesis" stage. Because blowout has, at this point, probably neither
been proven or disproven scientifically, it's too early to denigrate those
who oppose our point of view.

But I have a hunch that Fred is onto something...

Cindy

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