Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 2008/09

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Post on clarinets
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:57:22 -0400

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:23:46 EDT, Johchance1@-----.com wrote:
>> Dick Williams asks, "Does anyone know of a double reed cylindrical
>> instrument?"
>>
>> A Krumhorn (or crumhorn) has a cylindrical bore. And maybe a highland
>> bagpipe chanter??
>
> Or maybe an oboe. My crumhorn is curved

Curve is irrelevant. A bass clarinet is curved, as are some alto
flutes, and both have a cylindrical bore. What matters is whether the
bottom of the tube has (roughly) the same interior diameter as the top
of the tube.

My friend Wikipedia tells me that the Turkish dudek, the Chinese guan,
the Japanese hichiriki and the Korean piri are double-reed instruments
with cylindrical bore.

The oboe has a conical bore.

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

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