Klarinet Archive - Posting 001018.txt from 2003/04

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rebecca's project, and string down bore of Bb clarinet;
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:45:54 -0400

Tony Pay wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 21:05:08 +0000, rjbrennan1221@-----.com said:
>
>
>>Patricia Said:
>>
>>
>>>However, I'd think that would make the pitch higher, not lower. Is
>>>it because the string is inserted between two of the upper joints,
>>>extending the length?
>>
>>Exactly!
>>
>>This is where Becca the science nerd comes in. Soon as you said that
>>it turned into a concert A I knew how it worked. Putting the shoe
>>string in their takes up space in the air column, which I guess you
>>could say makes the bore longer depending on how you look at it. That
>>isn't the way I look at it though. What is happening is the string is
>>taking up space in the bore which gives the air less room to ummmm...
>>resonate?and makes it more narrow on the inside and that makes the air
>>column longer. I guess that is what you mean by extending the leangth.
>>If my vocabulary skills were as good as my science skills I would be
>>able to describe this.
>>
>>I think if I were to do this I would go buy a clean shoe string. I
>>can't stand the thoughts of a dirty show string in my clarinet!
>
>
> We had a discussion about this a year or so back. I think the post that
> contains the most information is:
>
> http://www.woodwind.org/Databases/Logs/2000/11/000605.txt
>
> Mark's email-address-deleting software mangles one bit of text, which
> should read:
>
>
>>A few years ago I had to play a concert including Wagner's Siegfried
>>Idyll and Wesendonck Lieder, Brahms violin concerto and something
>>else, that was being done on period instruments, at A 435.
>
>
> (There was originally an '=' between the 'A' and the '435', and I think
> the '=' is part of a coding of an 'at' sign. That triggers the deletion
> of what follows.)
>
> Tony

Thanks for the link to the archived post, Tony. What is truly amazing,
reading this, is the fact that you not only got the proper pitch, but
you got the tone quality you desired without having to compromise any at
all! (Oh, and I saved this for future reference, of course)

Rebecca, there is nothing wrong with being a science nerd! Many of them
make good money, you know! (Of course, what I refer to as "good money"
pretty much translates to "more than I have" ;-))

Patricia Smith

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