Klarinet Archive - Posting 000715.txt from 2002/06

From: w7wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] How a bell works, from Benade (also: Modern Basset Horn
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:07:54 -0400

<><> Benade wrote:
The bulbous or pear-shaped extension at the foot of an English horn does
not fit in with my explanation.

I suppose he means that a bulbous shape does NOT allow the bell to
replace open holes further down the instrument, and therefore a bulbous
bell does NOT have the efficient mode of radiation for higher
frequencies, and therefore my statement that my bulbous bell suppresses
the higher partials, which are normally heard in a clarinet, is a
reasonable statement ??? (until the air column becomes so short that
the bell truly has no effect)

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