Klarinet Archive - Posting 000610.txt from 2000/11

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Poor Man's A Clarinet (was: Re: [kl] Fantastique or
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:54:26 -0500

I once saw such a device, made of plastic or fiber glass with clipping device on
the end that looked something like a bend paper clip that allowed you to clip the
rod to the bell. It also had something on the upper end to keep it from
vibrating against the wall and causing noise.

Doug Sears wrote:

> I gathered together a collection of various sizes of string and cotton
> cord, my Bb clarinet, and an electronic tuner, and got a surprise! I had
> heard that the cord would make the pitch lower by lowering the speed of sound
> within the cord, due to frictional effects of the fuzzy fibers. I found that
> large diameter fuzzy cord gave a very stuffy sound, not even worth measuring
> the pitch. However, when I stuck a 1/4 inch diameter wooden dowel up the
> bore, the pitch was lowered almost a semitone without affecting the tone very
> much.
>
> Someone who was desperate to convert a Bb clar. to A might consider
> experimenting with this. Slightly larger than 1/4 inch ought to give a full
> semitone. Forget the string -- use something rigid, like wood or plastic. The
> pitch lowering comes from decreasing the effective bore size.
>
> --Doug
> ----------------------------
> Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears
>
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