Re: Helium and the vocal cords [off list]

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

At 09:44 AM 7/31/2003 -0400, Carl, you wrote:
> /// Here's a page I wrote on the topic:
>
> <http://usna.edu/Users/physics/mungan/Scholarship/DonaldDuckTalk.pdf>
>
> Cheers, Carl

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> Carl E. Mungan, Asst. Prof. of Physics 410-293-6680 (O) -3729 (F)
>       U.S. Naval Academy, Stop 9C, Annapolis, MD 21402-5040
> mailto:mungan@usna.edu      http://usna.edu/Users/physics/mungan/


Not sure I'm on the same page with the xylophone in helium simile
mentioned in the URL.
At the Museum of Percussive Arts at Lawton, they are happy to
demonstrate what removing a resonating tube does to a xylophone.
This arrangement seems quite like your vocal cord/throat model.

Brian



Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!