Klarinet Archive - Posting 000102.txt from 1999/06

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] New member with a question
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:14:57 -0400

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Dee D. Hays wrote:
> Well Roger, I am willing to accept your statement that it does make a
> difference however as an engineer, it would be nice to know the why.
> After all the outside of the mouthpiece does not come in contact with sound
> wave only the player or the reed. If I am interpreting your description
> correctly, you are tweaking an area that does not come in contact with the
> reed. So how does the effect get "transmitted" to the sound?

It's a good question and one that I wish I could answer. I don't know!
When I place a certain spin on the ball in racquetball, sometimes I don't
know why it does what it does, but I can often repeat the move. I know
that a three wall shot with a specific force will cause the ball to come
off the third wall at a 90 degree angle, but I couldn't even begin to
explain why! LOL

Oh well........at least I know that taking material off does work. I am
assuming that the beak sizes are larger in some instances because others
have designed a specific size to match a certain kind of sound? Not sure.

As far as your last sentence, you are cont entirely correct......although,
in some instances you are. I can narrow the side rails - and this means
there is less surface on the face. But, in some instances, I simply take
material off on the corners of the beak - where the reed never touches.
It also has a dramatic effect.

Go figure.
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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