Klarinet Archive - Posting 000212.txt from 2001/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces and reed longevity
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:29:04 -0400

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:37:00 +0100, tony-wakefield@-----.net said:

> 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.

Oh, come on.

For example, you can bend all sorts of bits of metal. Metal is pliable
in that sense.

Each bit, bent or not, then has its own vibrational qualities.

Tony
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