Klarinet Archive - Posting 000916.txt from 2003/03

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Introduction
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:56:55 -0500

I did not attempt to play through the range. I was so shocked that it
overblew and octave instead of a 12th, that I think I played only about
three notes. Then I put the instrument down to think about the matter
and concluded that I was ill-equipped to conclude anything about what
had happened. I know so little of acoustic theory that I had no ability
to move any hypothesis forward.

I add also, this this phenomenon was not my discovery. Someone else
told me about it and I got a cork and an oboe reed and tried it. I last
reported this on this list about a year or two ago, and some three or
four people tried and it and reported what I report.

Dan

Tony Pay wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 15:20:39 -0800, leeson0@-----.net said:
>
>
>>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.
>
>
> OK, just to get this straight before I try it myself -- Dan, when you
> did it, it overblew an octave throughout the range? And, exactly an
> octave?
>
> Tony

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