Klarinet Archive - Posting 000420.txt from 2006/03

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Does a Wet Bore Sound Better?
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:07:51 -0500

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From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Does a Wet Bore Sound Better?
Message-ID: <007201c64c78$00904840$0202a8c0@dkbowen>

There's plenty of evidence that surface condition affects tone (see benade).
I don't see why moisture should not change the skin friction of air on the
bore and thus affect it.

But it is not a given that it will improve the tone. I am not disputing the
example given, but I know of at least one case to the contrary, a clarinet
that played well when dry but not when wet. One should definitely not judge
a clarinet till it has been played enough to warm up and wet up!

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I look at that as another myth which was believed by a famous player. The
second you blow into the Clarinet there is instant condensation from the top
of the Clarinet Mouthpiece to about the E-D hole - within 5 seconds! So
moisture is there at all times. Only if you were playing in heat so hot that
there isn't any condensation would there be no moisture (I did a recording
session which was about 90+ degrees and the bore was bone dry for hours).

Owning a Clear Clarinet makes it pretty obvious.

David Blumberg

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