Klarinet Archive - Posting 000740.txt from 2003/02

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:35:36 -0500

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From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets

> << Any sawdust could be dyed black and the customer would never know the
> difference. >>
>
> Doesn't the *density* of the wood still play a large part, though? Which
> would suggest that not-just-any wood could be used to make the Greenline
> material.
>

Nope. Density doesn't play any part in the sound. Unlike a violin or piano
sound board, the clarinet body isn't intended to vibrate. The sound comes
from the vibration of the air column and the air column vibration is
initiated and sustained by the reed.

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