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From: WVE~ol.com
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 21:25:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Reed materials (fwd)

In a message dated 96-10-04 06:01:52 EDT, m.carly writes:

>> Vern
>> Consider two reeds of different materials having different moduli of
>> elasticity and tuned to the same pitch. The differences in material
>> properties can be compensated by differences in thickness so that the
>"feel"
>> to the player is the same.
>
>Not really. If it were a simple system like a mass on
>a spring that might be true but it's not. If you change
>the thickness (or length or whatever) and keep the same
>natural frequencies (there is more than one remember)
>then the other properties of the system have changed.
>The aerodynamics are different, the reed clearances are
>different, the player notices a difference.
>
I can't deny that second-order effects are present but I posit that the
stiffness of the reed and the resulting pressure required to make it deflect
are 95% of "feel". Reed clearances don't have to change with thickness. I
don't believe that the players are princesses that can feel the pea under the
mattress.

Vern