Klarinet Archive - Posting 000212.txt from 2007/07

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Clarinet Manufacture - Differences between French and German
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:41:31 -0400

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:05:17 -0500, <Tom.Henson@-----.com> wrote:
> Each year, the wood that is ready to be used is brought down to the shop
> floor. The wood is then tap tested for resonance qualities and then
> sorted by grade. The wood with the highest sound resonance is set aside
> for making only the top of the line clarinets and I have seen the crates
> marked as such.

As an engineer, I cannot help but be struck by this paragraph. "Tap
tested for resonance qualities"? What units does one use to measure
"sound resonance"? What evidence is there that a higher "sound
resonance" actually makes a better clarinet?

Your description was fascinating, but there may be as much superstition
as science here.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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