Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 2001/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Material...was: Clarinet Bores - not me - the internal dimension kind.
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:28:43 -0500

> From: Lacy, Edwin [mailto:el2@-----.edu]
>
> Walter Grabner wrote:
>
> > Please let me know....I know you all WILL.....what you think
> > of my hypothesis.
>
> > Each material has its own unique sound, even given the fact
> > that I have used the same tooling and the same general set of
> > measurements.
>
> Ah, there's the rub - the word "general." That's what makes the
> hypothesis
> unsupportable as science. Unless the barrels are PRECISELY
> identical except
> for the material, nothing has been proven. Without that condition, the
> assertion has to be considered in the same category as the
> statement in your
> message to the effect that "we all know" that grenadilla is the "best"
> material.

Along with the old adage, "Association does not imply Causation".

Mark C.

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