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RE: reed vibrational characteristics

Author: Burt
Date: 2002-06-18 23:02

The rails form a boundary that limits the reed vibration. The curvature of the rails affects the range of vibration which, in turn affects things such as the strength of overtones and how hard you have to tongue to close off the reed. There's lots of room for individuality on the curvature. If the curvature of two rails is not the same (as might happen with a poor re-facing job), some of the vibration modes will be crosswise to the clarinet, which is very undesirable.

Don described the effect of making the rail wider in the direction of the other rail. If the rail is made wider by adding material to the outside of the rail, there should be no impact (only the inside edge of the rail is important).

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