Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 2001/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Materials
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 11:09:26 -0500

At 08:32 PM 12/8/2001 -0800, CLARK FOBES wrote:
>My point is this. As a maker of acoustical parts for clarinets it is my
>experience that,
>...b.) wall thickness or perhaps overall mass DOES influence the performers
>perception of sound and response.

and

> Here is a simple experiment. Buy some lead tape at a golf shop (used for
>weighting clubs) and put a 1 inch piece on your barrel. Try it on your bell.
>You will find that there are very subtle influences at work here. These are
>not topics that seem to interest the acoustician. These subtleties,
>sometimes immeasurable and intangible are in the realm of art. Sorry, Dan!

I wonder whether the wording of point b.) above doesn't give away the whole
secret to what is at work here. These mass changes may affect the
PERFORMER'S perception of sound and response, but the listener is too far
away to hear the differences. Not that the differences are then
unimportant, since they will affect what the player does in response to
them, but the acoustical differences themselves will still be too faint in
relation to the total sound to be heard by anyone else.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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