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Re: 3D Printing and Carbon Fiber

Author: Grabnerwg
Date: 2020-07-27 21:58

Answer to Johan:

I do not have a definitive answer yet. Obviously inner surfaces of clarinet bores, barrels, bells and mouthpieces have to be smoothed and polished to produce a clear tone. However, it appears to me that if one polishes too much the sound loses vitality or perhaps a better word is complexity.

Arthur Benade did some fascinating work in this area. I remember reading, some years ago, some of his unpublished notes on this subject. If anyone still has these I would love to see them again. He used to term "impedance" to discuss how a more textured surface would interact with the air stream rushing past, resulting in what many would call a richer or fuller tone.

Much of my experimentation is based around this concept.

But yes, to answer your question, I do believe that the texture of the inner surfaces affects the tone quality, both for good or for bad.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
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Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
847-266-8644

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