Author: seabreeze
Date: 2014-10-21 19:45
The new Cagima Project in France is an all-out effort of acoustical scientists and reed-instrument designers to discover and share what science can contribute to improved intonation and emission in those instruments, including the clarinet. If I understand this project correctly, it wants to break free from the secretive proprietary approach to clarinet design and attempt to develop knowledge that all clarinet makers can freely use.
"The Cagima Project focuses on flaws found in reed instruments in tuning, homogeneity of emitted sound, and timbre from both the perspective of the musician and also that of the instrument maker."
see http://cagima.ircam.fr.
Will the Cagima data go beyond what individual designers like Backun, Schille, Eaton,Rossi, Ridenour, the Yamaha, Buffet, Selmer, and Uebel companies have individually discovered about clarinet design? Could a better-tuned Buffet one day emerge from their efforts?
Post Edited (2014-10-22 20:05)
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