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Re: Does the reed block the air flow?

Author: tims
Date: 2014-10-14 03:01

As far as I can remember it was just a box, but it has been a long time. My clarinet teacher at the time (Dr. Jerry Hierman) had studied the dynamics of reeds as part of his doctoral dissertation and he showed me still pictures of the setup and tape recordings of the sound (I don't even remember if this was his own or research by someone else), but he also showed that you could demonstrate these modes simply by sucking air in on the tenon of a mouthpiece with a reed attached and your thumb against the reed to give a little pressure like an embouchure. You could actually see the two modes clearly without special cameras or lighting. If any of this was published, it would have been in the late 1960's. I think Dr. Hierman attended Eastman, but I'm not sure if that is where he obtained is doctorate.

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