Klarinet Archive - Posting 000203.txt from 2001/09

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces and reed longevity
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:28:55 -0400

Tony Pay`s wooden discussion:-

> Still, wood is routinely bent, not only in violin making, but in
> shipbuilding, for example. Rather than pliability, I'd say that it's
> the particular *vibrational* characteristics of a small carefully shaped
> bit of it that constitutes the advantage of cane over other materials
> for the manufacture of reeds.

Sort of agreed. I think initially it has to be the pliability advantage (the
physical aspects) over and above other characteristics i.e. 'vibrational',
which in turn helps the vibrational component of the reed to move toward a
re-vitalised & efficient level of movement, which then allows the
extension/vitality of reed life to take place. But in all probability these
two could be acting/adjusting simultaneously, due to this pliability.

Best,

T.W.

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