Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2011-12-04 22:39
It's possible that it is a mute point, but in my experience of instruments, they are all made by the same materials, or same combination of materials. What makes a loree with plastic upper joint sound better than an all grenadilla patricola? (Maybe someone likes patricola, and I'm sorry if that's the case). In theory an all wood oboe should sound better than one with plastic in it. My personal position is that the column of air makes most of the overtones in the sound, and while the wall may act to amplify certain frequencies, the frequencies must be created with the column, which is a direct result of the bore.
My second defense is the fact that lots of people rave that the AK bore hase a sweeter upper register than the regular bore, and the DM has a darker tone than both. I'm pretty sure to keep costs down, loree would keep as much the same on their instruments as possible, so I assume the wood and metal they use would come from the same consistent place, which would mean the only difference in these instruments is their bores.
I think, however, that I'm not going to get what I'm looking for with the subject I've posted, so I may rephrase the question to one of less mathematics and more emotion.
Kind Regards
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