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Re: The mysterious B clarinet

Author: crazyclari
Date: 2023-04-07 03:32

Hi all, I totally get that pitch was widely variable.
Don I am not having a crack, If my attempt to be light-hearted has offended my apologies:)

See next post for photograph.

I previously attached researched, published article on historical pitch in the USA. I don't know whether it was peer reviewed but would assume so. Have a read.

Clearly we have been discussing the factors you raise, they have not been ignored.
The determinant of pitch is basically the volume of the horn, which includes length, bore, tone holes, cut off points etc etc. The greatest determinant on volume will be length and bore, certain cut off points can mess with that. E.g. tone hole upper edges can cause 'disturbance' to the sound wave in essence creating variations in pitch.

I have read as much on the variations in pitch as is reasonable. The texts I quote from I own all of the original books and have read them, multiple times and others+

I have attached a photo of the Faux next to my current Bb (66mm barrel).
The Faux has the 67mm barrel and stands about 1mm taller. Fundamentally the horn is the exact same length as a current Bb.

I have previously measured the bore at the top, because it is a unibody. I have bore gauge that will go done 10cm. Unless I stick my clarinet in a tub of water this is the best I can do.

Soooo here is another/different review of the best facts I have at hand.
I have a LL medium bore (66mm barrel) which is about 2mm shorter and a Pete Fontaine, large bore (66mm barrel) which is about 5mm shorter.
Comparing the length to a LL which is 'likely' a similar bore. The LL would be 2mm shorter and result in what would similar dimensions, to within 1mm of the Faux B at 435
This assessment has considered bore and length which from what I have read are the key, not ultimate determinants. Given that there can be 6mm variation in contemporary clarinet top joint this is sooo close it doesn matter
This does not appear to be a high pitch horn, likely french pitch

Post Edited (2023-04-07 03:58)

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