Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2007/08

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Clarinet Manufacture - Differences between French and German - Wood is a "Living" Material
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:37:54 -0400

Tome Henson posted:

<<<Is this scientific enough for you Forest?

US Patent # 190254 filed on 7-5-2002>>>

. . . and Forest Aten replied:

<<<And this has what to do with the sound that comes out of a clarinet?>>>

It does not surprise me that the U.S. PTO granted a patent for - hitting a
piece of wood with a hammer. Hmmmmm.

I'm afraid that I have to agree w/ Forest here. The walls of a clarinet
don't vibrate, at least not in any way meaningful to the sound. It's the
*air column* vibrating that we hear.

Big Debate a few years back on the list whether material makes any
difference at all. I can see where porosity might have some effect on
overtones, and perhaps even density - but two different pieces of mpingo?

Methinks it makes a difference if soaked in snake oil, perhaps.

kjf

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