Clarinet with varying diameter of its longitudinal bore

Details Clarinet with varying diameter of its longitudinal bore Clarinet with varying diameter of its longitudinal bore

1978-04-13

1981-01-20

Franklin, Lawrence R.

Music

Instruments

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G10D 706

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ABSTRACT:
The bore in the upper middle joint of a Boehm type B clarinet has a uniformly cylindrical portion extending from the lower end to a central region, and the bore diameter gradually increases from there to the top end of the upper middle joint by a total of 0.2 to 0.4 mm, the rate of increase being greatest adjacent the central region and decreasing toward the top end.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2602364 (1952-07-01), Loney
Benade, "On Woodwind Instrument Bores", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 137-146, 1959.
Benade, "On the Mathematical Theory of Woodwind Finger Holes", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 32, No. 12, pp. 1591-1608, 1960.
Nederveen, "Calculators on Locations and Dimensions of Holes in a Clarinet", Acustica, vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 227-234, 1964.

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