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Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2020-09-17 22:25 George Stalle wrote: > I feel that, scientifically, there must be a slight difference > in sound as different materials have different sound conduction > characteristics. If only I had an oscilloscope! Ah well, I'll > find out soon when I switch back to real cork! > "I feel that, scientifically" is something of an oxymoron. Science deals with the measurable and the verifiable. Feelings (suspicions, intuitions, etc.) may be part of a process of forming a rough hypothesis (which is what your idea is), but until you've tested it (with an oscilloscope? or at least with human test subjects listening to several differently corked clarinets) it isn't a fact. I'd counter that, even if there really is a difference in the sound measurable with sensitive equipment, it would then matter whether or not the difference is meaningful - is it audible to human hearing? The idea that there "must be" a difference because "different materials have different sound conduction characteristics" assumes there is any sound conduction that is humanly perceptible from the tenons. Besides, the scientific community is not at all agreed that the sound an instrument emits is really dependent on the material it's made of. Musical instrumentalists seem to think so, but we aren't as a community known especially for our scientific objectivity. It isn't in any case a point worth debating. Make sure your repair guy uses natural cork and you'll never have to worry about any difference. Karl

Topics	Author	Date
Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	George Stalle	2020-09-17 20:10
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	marcia	2020-09-17 20:28
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	kdk	2020-09-17 20:29
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	George Stalle	2020-09-17 21:52
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	kdk	2020-09-17 22:25
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Chris P	2020-09-17 20:44
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Paul Aviles	2020-09-17 22:11
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Paul Aviles	2020-09-18 01:52
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	kdk	2020-09-18 04:57
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	clarnibass	2020-09-18 08:01
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	George Stalle	2020-09-18 19:18
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	kdk	2020-09-18 19:36
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Paul Aviles	2020-09-18 23:03
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Elkwoman46	2020-10-02 04:23
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Paul Aviles	2020-10-02 06:01
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	Burt	2020-10-02 17:51
Re: Synthetic vs. real cork on tenon joints?  new	kdk	2020-10-02 18:02

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