Klarinet Archive - Posting 000666.txt from 2003/08

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] closing the reed
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:37:08 -0400

> From: Musician [mailto:musicians@-----.net]

> It's driven by the Bernoulli Effect
> http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/BernoulliEffect.html
> which when air
> is blown across, the air pressure lowers thus pulling the reed closed.

It's a bit more complex than that - the reed does not always close
completely, and the opening/closing of the reed is assisted by the internal
pressure (sound) wave.

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