Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2001/12

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Clarinet Bores - not me - the internal dimension kind.
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:13:07 -0500

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:03:23 -0000, "Tony Wakefield" wrote:
>
>Geoffrey Rendall in 'The Clarinet' states that the narrower the bore, the
>lower the pitch, together with richer harmonics. And conversely, the wider
>the bore, the sharper in pitch, with poorer texture. (Maybe this wider bore
>system is a specific criteria in the design of student models - sharper
>pitch/poorer texture?). He also says that tone is more than likely to be
>affected by the choice of materials used in the manufacture of the main body,
>and not by the different bore sizes.
>
>Which does have the bigger influence on tone? Is it bore size or is it wood?

I do not know whether Mr Rendall has any factual evidence to back up his
assertion, but there as been at least one academic research project which
concluded that, under controlled conditions, the body material has no effect on
a clarinet's tone. I, personally, have found that to be true (which is why I
continue to favor my plastic Vito), although my experience is significantly
more limited than others on this list.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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