Klarinet Archive - Posting 001026.txt from 2000/03

From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: reed vibration
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:29:08 -0500

avrahm galper wrote:
>
> The reed's mode of vibration
>
> The preface to this article was written by James Collis, editor of the CLARINET, a SYMPHONY quarterly.
>
> Not long ago your editor had the privilege of visiting again with an old > friend, Dr.Claude S. McGinnis of Temple University,Philadelphia. An > article by Dr.McGinnis and his associate appears elsewhere in this issue and we publish it because of its lasting theoretical value.
> The article's purpose is to prove that the reed remains closed for a
> considerable period of time during each cycle against the lay of the
> mouthpiece- a theory which had previously been advanced but never
> proven.
> The value of such research lies in that it provides a concrete basis of > fact from which a number of conclusions can be drawn, which can result in many improvements in the construction of the instrument and the technique of playing it.
> Even a cursory glance through the article is enough to prove that the
> lay of the mouthpiece must be even and the reed must be well balanced
> if the physical requirements of playing the instrument are to be
> fulfilled.
> There can also be little doubt that more serious study of the article
> would result in one's arriving at more than a few valuable conclusions.
>
> While experimenting with the artificial embouchure described in the
> article, Dr.McGinnis also observed the patterns of the reed's vibration.
> He experimented with many types of reeds: those with grooves cut in the > bark; those with holes drilled at various points ; those with little wood up the sides and plenty of wood in the center; those with soft tips; with those that played high notes easily; etc.
> He will write about these experiments sometime during the coming year,
> for he is retiring from his Temple University position which will give
> him the leisure he wants.
> Dr.McGinnis promises he will write of these matters as a clarinetist for clarinet players- a style that is not permitted when write for
> scientific journals.
> We shall look forward with great interest to reading the article.
>
>
http://iwk.mhsw.ac.at/deutsch/forschung/riam/riam.htm

When you click into this last line, you will get a new study of this
subject. The article in German, and I dont understand that much to read
it. But at least there are others who experiment also..

By the way, Mc.Ginnis wrote his article long before Benade wrote his.
Avrahm Galper

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