Klarinet Archive - Posting 000979.txt from 2000/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed's mode of vibration
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:10:48 -0500

At 07:26 AM 3/30/2000 -0500, Avrahm Galper wrote:
>RESULTS
>1) During a large part of its cycle, the flow of air into the mouthpiece
>is completely cut off by the reed This is more obvious visually.
>The only source of light used in making the photographs was the mercury
>arc of the stroboscope, which was placed to show particularly the slit
>between the reed and mouthpiece.
>This complete closure of the reed apertures is in disagreement with the
>assumptions that the chink between the mouthpiece and the reed never
>shuts completely.
>It also conflicts with statements that the clarinet reed never entirely
>shuts off the ingress of air into the mouthpiece while the instrument is
>sounding.
>
I remember discussions about this on the list sometime back, and some
people disagreeing with this observation, almost violently, in spite of the
citing of previous experimental data similar to the above. It is good to
have further confirmation of the truth!

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