Klarinet Archive - Posting 000664.txt from 2004/07

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Material influence on sound...one more time
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:58:20 -0400

I think the idea of the experiment it to make the instruments as much alike
as possible. Otherwise you are testing the design of the instrument rather
than the material.

Gary
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At 11:24 AM 7/17/04, you wrote:
>My goodness, this sounds like the movie line, "And the murderer
>is ..." (Shot!!)
>
>It would be very interesting to hear the results of this
>experiment. How could such an important test be made without
>knowing what happened?
>
>The experiment described is certainly not simple if each tube
>cost several hundred dollars. It could be duplicated much less
>expensively with a wooden clarinet (perhaps several kinds of
>wooden clarinets), a metel clarinet, hard rubber, etc. AND
>BEHIND A SCREEN so that no one would have preconceptions based on
>on sight. Furthermore, a lot more than one tone should be
>sounded.
>
>Dan Leeson
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