Klarinet Archive - Posting 001092.txt from 1999/12

From: Keith <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] klarinet Digest 31 Dec 1999 09:15:00 -0000 Issue 1942
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:24:20 -0500

<Rien Stein>
>One of the statements Mr Pino made - and I agree with him as to this
point -: The closer to the mouth, the more important. Implying that the
most
important part of any clarinet is the reed. That is also what I am always=

telling people about th instrument, so there is nothing new to me.<

This comes up quite often, but I have never seen any real evidence for
it. As it stands, it's just an assertion. I could make a perfectly good
argument for the contrary view: that the mouthpiece/reed is just a
pink noise generator (obvious if you play it without the clarinet!)
and it's the job of the clarinet to filter out the tones that we want.

Is there any objective evidence for Mr Pino's view?

Keith Bowen

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