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 Re: The Hard Rubber Smell
Author: Jack Kissinger 
Date:   2008-11-08 17:13

"The thing about mouthpieces that people don't realize is that the reed isn't the only thing vibrating...the mouthpiece is too. The reed vibrates against the mouthpiece and the mouthpiece vibrates against the reed (though the vibrations made by the mouthpiece are much smaller than those made by the reed, as a hard rubber mouthpiece is much more rigid than a wooden reed). When something vibrates, the material that the vibrating object is made of affects the vibrations alters the sound significantly. It's the same concept that makes wood and hard rubber clarinets sound "better" than plastic clarinets. If you take the fact that the mouthpiece vibrates, it makes sense that it is the norm to play hard rubber over plastic."

Could you please provide a reference to a scientific study that has demonstrated these "facts"? While your statement may be true, I think it's more likely total horse hockey.

It has always seemed to me that any tendency the mouthpiece may have to vibrate would be damped significantly by the player's lips (and teeth, if the player uses a single lip emboucher) and probably the barrel. Any tendency the clarinet has to vibrate would be damped by the players hands and fingers. What I don't know is the extent of the damping and whether there is still enough vibration to affect the sound. My priors are that the damping would be significant and, as far as I know, no one has ever shown the existence of sufficient vibration to have a noticeable affect on sound. But it's not my field and there may indeed be such studies. I would love to know if such a study has been performed and its results.

Best regards,
jnk
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