Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2000/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bells & whistles
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:26:38 -0400

At 09:25 AM 5/2/2000 -0500, Topper <leo_g@-----.com> wrote:
>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.
>
DEG markets a clarinet bell made of an aluminum/bronze alloy material like
their Accubore barrels. It is advertised to improve response and tone
quality, as well as improve the focus and clarity of long tones. Whatever
all that means.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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