Klarinet Archive - Posting 000328.txt from 2002/01

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Benade Clarinet Mouthpiece Overblowing at the Octave?
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:23:40 -0500

Dee Hays wrote:

>Whether an instrument overblows the octave or the 12th is determined by the
>shape of the bore of the instrument not the mouthpiece.

Yes, it's determined by the shape of the bore, all right, BUT the mouthpiece
forms part of that bore, and that's why using an oboe reed plus staple (with
a truly narrow bore) can change the overblowing properties.

--Doug Sears

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