Klarinet Archive - Posting 000747.txt from 2003/02

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:35:43 -0500

That's only a first approximation. The clarinet body does vibrate, and
you can feel this easily with your fingers. Only a tiny percentage of
the energy heard by the listener is due to the wood vibration, but it
interacts with the air column vibration and hence affects it. If you
doubt this, stick lead tape on various parts of the clarinet and see if
it makes the same sound.

Keith Bowen

----- Original Message -----
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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