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 Re: Clamp that sucker down!
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2015-03-02 22:42

It took me a few days to realize what it is about the "diving board" analogy that strikes me as not a good one.


For the most part the "diving board" IS what is producing the results. It creates "springiness." Much like my example of the speaker (in high-end audio the saying goes, "there are no good vibrations") where the speaker, or transducer needs to be the ONLY thing creating the end result, the same is true of the "diving board."


However, it is NOT the reed hitting the mouthpiece that produces sound on the clarinet (per se), it is the vibrating air column that is made to vibrate by the reed hitting the mouthpiece that is making the sound we hear. So as a 'primer,' if you will, rather than the 'main show,' the reed functions much differently than the "diving board."



That said, I'm not too clear on what all the variables are doing, but I do know (from my perspective......if no one else's) that the hardness of ligature material makes a difference to the sound (irrespective of tightness, but more of a difference when the ligature is tighter). Also the material of the mouthpiece makes a difference as well, say going from a hard rubber mouthpiece to a wooden mouthpiece or one made from acrylic.






.................Paul Aviles
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