Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe
Reed woodwind instruments differ in both their geometry (mainly cylindrical or mainly conical) and their excitation mechanism (single or double reed). How much of the resulting sound is due to the single/double reed, and how much to the geometry of the instrument? Measurements done by Almeida et...
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| author | Sandra CARRAL Christophe VERGEZ Cornelis J. NEDERVEEN |
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| description | Reed woodwind instruments differ in both their geometry (mainly cylindrical
or mainly conical) and their excitation mechanism (single or double reed). How
much of the resulting sound is due to the single/double reed, and how much to the
geometry of the instrument? Measurements done by Almeida et al. (J. Acoust. Soc.
Am., 121, 1, 536–546, 2007) show that the flow vs pressure characteristic curve of
an oboe reed is not that different from that of a clarinet reed, the only difference
probably being due to pressure recovery inside the conical staple. Is it possible to
make a single reed mouthpiece for an oboe, while keeping the conical staple, that
would still give the oboe its characteristic sound? To find it out, a mouthpiece with
the following characteristics was made: A standard clarinet B[ reed can be attached
to it, its volume is approximately that of the missing part of the instrument cone,
and a standard French oboe staple can be inserted to it, so that it can be inserted in
the usual way in any french oboe. In this paper, the first prototype of the mouthpiece
is shown. Also, a sound comparison of the oboe sounds played with this mouthpiece
and a standard double reed by a professional player is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-891364c901604d3fbeabf666a7bbc0ba2025-08-20T02:39:18ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2013-10-01362Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the OboeSandra CARRAL0Christophe VERGEZ1Cornelis J. NEDERVEENUniversität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien Institut für Wiener KlangstilLaboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique LMA-CNRS UPR 7051Reed woodwind instruments differ in both their geometry (mainly cylindrical or mainly conical) and their excitation mechanism (single or double reed). How much of the resulting sound is due to the single/double reed, and how much to the geometry of the instrument? Measurements done by Almeida et al. (J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 1, 536–546, 2007) show that the flow vs pressure characteristic curve of an oboe reed is not that different from that of a clarinet reed, the only difference probably being due to pressure recovery inside the conical staple. Is it possible to make a single reed mouthpiece for an oboe, while keeping the conical staple, that would still give the oboe its characteristic sound? To find it out, a mouthpiece with the following characteristics was made: A standard clarinet B[ reed can be attached to it, its volume is approximately that of the missing part of the instrument cone, and a standard French oboe staple can be inserted to it, so that it can be inserted in the usual way in any french oboe. In this paper, the first prototype of the mouthpiece is shown. Also, a sound comparison of the oboe sounds played with this mouthpiece and a standard double reed by a professional player is presented.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/178single reedmouthpieceoboedouble reedwoodwind instruments |
| spellingShingle | Sandra CARRAL Christophe VERGEZ Cornelis J. NEDERVEEN Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe Archives of Acoustics single reed mouthpiece oboe double reed woodwind instruments |
| title | Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe |
| title_full | Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe |
| title_fullStr | Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe |
| title_short | Toward a Single Reed Mouthpiece for the Oboe |
| title_sort | toward a single reed mouthpiece for the oboe |
| topic | single reed mouthpiece oboe double reed woodwind instruments |
| url | https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/178 |
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