Klarinet Archive - Posting 000892.txt from 2003/03

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introduction
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 20:04:11 -0500

At 15:20 3/22/03 -0800, you wrote:
>>Conversely, the clarinet is a cylindrical bore. If you use an oboe reed in
>>a cork, it will still overblow a 12th as you still have a cylindrical pipe
>>close at one end.
>
>I respectfully disagree with your basic assertion. I've tried playing a
>clarinet with a cork and an oboe reed stuck in it, and, as I described, it
>overblows an octave, noth the 12th that you suggest.
>
>I recognize that this is anomalous, but that's what happens.
>
>Therefore, I think that you are coming at this from the premise that what
>I say cannot be the case. But it is, and until you try the experiment
>yourself (or believe someone else who has), we just aren't communicating.
>
>Dan Leeson--
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>**Dan Leeson **
>**leeson0@-----.net **
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We discussed this some years ago, and I reported that I had also tried the
experiment, but with a contra-bassoon reed and a man who know how to play
it. Even with this larger reed, the clarinet overblows an octave. But
again, this larger reed is not large enough, and is not coupled smoothly to
the bore of the instrument, as the cork and tube create a discontinuity
which cannot be avoided in a simple experiment.

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