Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 2010/08

From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] About clarinet acoustics
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:56:36 -0400

Wurlitizer must be a wise company.

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From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 4:31 PM
To: "'The Klarinet Mailing List'" <klarinet@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] About clarinet acoustics

> Mike
>
> I fully agree, and especially after reviewing the maths (in a post I am
> trying to write next) I for sure agree that you cannot calculate
> everything!
>
> It's interesting that some makers sell magic bells that are supposed to
> improve many instruments. I had the misfortune to break my Wurlitzer bell
> recently. Wurlitzer insisted that the whole clarinet was returned, in
> order
> to tune the bell to the instrument.
>
> best
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Vaccaro [mailto:mike@-----.com]
> Sent: 16 August 2010 22:34
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] About clarinet acoustics
>
> I manufacture clarinet bells, barrels, and mouthpieces. I use an odd old
> method of trial and error, and though I have measured with a ruler the
> nodes
>
> on the clarinet and retain inside and outside specs on my mouthpieces let
> me
>
> say this about the bell. While not controlling the pitch or sound quality
> quite as much as the mouthpiece and barrel the bell does change the whole
> overtone series. An important fact to remember. If he length the bore is
> extended, whether there is a step in the bell like some makers have
> started
> doing, the length, the flair, and the amount of wood all have an influence
> on the final product. I have found like mouthpieces and barrels one bell
> does not improve the response, projection, and tonal colors of every
> clarinet. The bell MUST be made to match the particular clarinet and its
> idiosyncrasies. The bells I use on my various clarinets are not
> interchangeable for the best results. Go figure? That's my best and final
> answer as I understand it today.
>
>
>
> Mike Vaccaro
> www.MikeVaccaro.Com
> www.MandMmouthpieces.com
> www.VaccaroandStevensWoodwinds.Com
>
>
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> From: "Tony Pay" <tony.p@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:16 PM
> To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] About clarinet acoustics
>
>> On 16 Aug 2010, at 22:06, Keith Bowen wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. The sound velocity will increase in the flared portion - though I'm
>>> not
>>> sure by how much. Another reason for making the measurement to a tone
>>> hole
>>> in the parallel part (and applying the end correction, which is quite
>>> large).
>>
>> Yes, the hell with THAT calculation. I think I'll just use the top half
>> of the clarinet and use the simple end-correction:-)
>>
>> Tony
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