>
>
>>>> Nelson Zink <zink@newmex.com> 5/02/02 13:26:46 >>>
...
>>It is certainly true that different woods
>> create different sounding recorders, and a well made wooden
instrument
>> sounds much better than the best quality plastic recorder.
>
> Could you expound on this a little more? Acoustical texts display
just as
> much certainty in the opposite direction. What is it about this issue
that
> resists resolution?
>
> Nelson
I was speaking from my own experience, and that of many recorder
playing friends who insist that the species of wood affects the tone of
the finished instrument. I cannot point to any objective scientific
tests to back this up, just the experience of many people.
I suspect the differences are measurably very small, but are important
in determining the colour of the sound.
Peter
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