Klarinet Archive - Posting 000825.txt from 1999/05

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <danbascl@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] More blow out
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 20:53:42 -0400

It seems that there are some very logical reasons why a clarinet gets blown
out.
1) The saliva in our mouths helps us digest food. Wouldn't this have some
type of affect on the wood in a bore after a number of years?

2) Besides the bore changing dimensions with age, the edge sharpness of the
tone holes is also affected by saliva, swabbing, temperature and humidity
changes. With age the edges of the tone holes will become more round.

3) The inner bore becomes smoother (almost glass like) with age from
repeated swapping. A bore that has more grain will induce more turbulence
into the air flow.

Most players get used to their old clarinets and never notice any
problems until they try a new horn a feel how much resistance is lost in
their old horns and how the left hand notes aren't as centered as on a new
horn.

It seems that since there has been no scientific study, Dan L. will not
accept that a clarinet does get blown out even though many professionals
attest to this fact.

Dan

--
Daniel A. Paprocki
Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Columbus, Ohio

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