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3D32.14 - Clarinet - Saxophone - Recorder - Tinwhistle
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Code Number: 3D32.14
Demo Title: Clarinet - Saxophone - Recorder - Tinwhistle
Condition: Excellent
Principle: Air Column Instruments
Area of Study: Oscillations & Acoustics
Equipment:
Clarinet, Penzel-Mueller Clarinet Set, Saxophone, Tinshistles, and Recorders.
Procedure:
Assemble and demonstrate as needed.
Note that the Penzel-Mueller Clarinet set has A and B scale clarinets.
Sheet music is available for the Tinwhistles and Recorders. Note that the Tinwhistles are available in "C" and "D" scales.
References:
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- Stephen Luzader, "PC and PVC Acoustics Demonstrations", TPT, Vol. 28, #7, Oct.1990, p. 459.
- Eli Metzger, "Musical Scales and Algebraic Groups", AJP, Vol. 35, #5, May 1967, p. 441.
- Richard J. Fitzgerald, "Pitch Sharpening in Woodwinds", Physics Today, Vol. 70, #2, Feb. 2017, p. 24.
- "Acoustics of Free-Reed Instruments", Physics Today, Vol. 64, #3, Mar. 2011, p. 44.
- "Saxophonists Tune Vocal Tracts", Physics Today, Vol. 61, #3, Mar. 2008, p. 19.
- George M. Hopkins, "Sound", Experimental Science, p. 123.
- A. D. Bulman, "A Galton Whistle and a Bamboo Pipe", Model-Making for Physics, p. 49.
- Stephen Stewart and William Strong, "Functional Model of a Simplified Clarinet", Musical Acoustics, p. 109.
- Arthur Benade, "On the Tone Color of Wind Instruments", Musical Acoustics, p. 17.
- Jearl Walker, "3.3, Whistles and Whistling", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 147.
- Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N., C. Stansfeld Hicks, J. N. Maskelyne, Rev. Harry Jones, M.A, Dr. Stradling, Captain Crawley, Rev. A. n. Malan, M.A., F.G.S., and Many Others, "Chapter L. - The Penny Whistle, and How to Play It", The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations, A Popular Encyclopaedia for Boys, p. 425.