Klarinet Archive - Posting 000628.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 20:30:54 -0500

So, we could just make a plastic horn with a rougher surface inside?
Has anyone ever tried that?
Sue

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From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets

> In a message dated 2/21/2003 3:24:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
forestaten@-----.com writes:
>
> > I'll bet that the difference in sound between the Greenline R13 and a
wooden R13 is not any different than when comparing the difference in the
sound of one wooden R13 clarinet to any other wooden R13 clarinet. If in the
blind test...if a person can't tell the difference between material I'd say
Dan made his point?>>
>
> This entire debate about whether material matters or not never seems to
take into account the SURFACE of the material where it interacts with the
air stream.
>
> Grenadilla, or Mpingo, or what ever you call it can take a very high
polish. Even when it does, however, there is still observable grains and the
resulting pits and indentations in the surface of the bore.
>
> In my VERY LIMITED understanding, the surface creates turbulence in the
air stream which affects the sound. It's very possible that plastic
clarinets sound so "plastic-y" is that the surface is TOO smooth.
>
> Walter
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