The Clarinet BBoard

Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel

Author: WhitePlainsDave  Date:   2017-07-25 16:03 There's been talk on the bboard I recall http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=352634&t=352554 about the use of a string down the center of the clarinet bore to make a Bb clarinet sound like an "A" clarinet. I suspect the dimensions of this setup to not only be highly specific to a particular clarinet--perhaps not even the same among clarinets produced by a manufacturer in serial number series--but something tells me, highly imperfect in its adjustment to pitch, exactly 1 half step down, equally, for all notes. While I get that this effect is a product of effectively reducing the diameter of the bore, the exact acoustical explanations are something others on this bboard have likely "forgotten more about than I know." If nothing else, poly-cylindrical bores would make such designs interesting. Nevertheless, a product that doesn't meet needs has never stop the woodwind accessories industry from producing it. And along these lines I have an idea, adapted from an old child's toy that might even predate me. http://tinyurl.com/yalt9cdy Tinker toys were known for their "hub and spoke" like design. I envision converting the hub into highly compressible and air flowing foam, like the equally flawed, IMHO, clarinet mute of days past. http://tinyurl.com/yb4ytmsx Two of them, connected to a pipe of the right diameter....who knows?

Topics	Author	Date
Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	RLarm	2017-07-24 23:34
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	Caroline Smale	2017-07-25 00:32
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	Chris P	2017-07-25 00:56
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	Wes	2017-07-25 03:15
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	Barry Vincent	2017-07-25 04:50
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	Philip Caron	2017-07-25 06:10
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	RLarm	2017-07-25 13:30
Re: Bb/A: Difference in playing feel  new	WhitePlainsDave	2017-07-25 16:03

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