Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2000/05

From: Topper <leo_g@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bells & whistles
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 06:15:17 -0400

At 10:47 AM -0400 5/1/00, GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
>What is a bell for?
>
>Why does a flute not need a bell?
>
>A Bassoon?
>
>WG refers the list to Arthur Benade "Horns, Strings, and Harmony"
>
>Chapter IX - Woodwinds
>Section - "What is a bell for?"
>
>One hint:
>
>It is perfectly possible to make a clarinet with no bell at all.
>
>WG
>www.clarinetxpress.com

Make a bell out of thin steel (28 gauge) with the exact dimesnsions of your
existing wood bell, and make another from 20 gauge copper, and test all
three with the same equipment on a wave form analyzer. Now make a stright
bell from wood and interchange it with the stock flared bell in a fairly
damped room making sure there are no standing waves or reverberations and
place small short field unidirection mics all around the room and from
severa axis in front but away from the clarinet. There will be e difference.

Cheers, Leo

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History and technical data. Please email me with interesting links. Thank
you:-) Leo

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