Klarinet Archive - Posting 000671.txt from 2004/07

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Character of sound based on medium
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:53:13 -0400

Clark, asserting that you hear a difference of sound quality or
character between, for example, two barrels of different material
is not evidence. And what is worse, the terms that you use to
describe those differences are the antithesis of scientific
objectivity. You hear a greater brightness, allegedly caused by
more overtones, etc. Can any objective person accept statements
like this as evidence of anything?

No matter how good the ear, how do you know that these
differences that you allegedly hear exist to the extent that you
suggest?

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

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