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One source is Thomas D. Rossing's book: The Science of Sound./snip/
In the chapter on brass instruments he lists...
Trumpet 140 cm
French horn 375 cm
Trombone 275 cm
Tuba 536 cm
Baritone 264 cm.
Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
Behalf Of Anthony Lapinski
For my upcoming Sound topic, I am wanting a list of the LENGTHS of brass
instruments (bugle, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and French horn). I've
searched online with not much success. Does anyone know of a good source
for this information?
From: Anthony Lapinski <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>instruments (bugle, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and French horn).
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 5:35:23 AM
Subject: [Phys-l] musical instruments
For my upcoming Sound topic, I am wanting a list of the LENGTHS of
brass
I'vesearched online with not much success. Does anyone know of a good
sourcefor this
information?
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A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing
on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or
use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease
of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare.
It's amazing what the flared bell does.
Many a-time have I used a 10 ft length of electrical conduit to show
how bugle calls can be massacred.
Never tried a mouthpiece, never tried a flared bell.
Either of these additions might make it a way more pleasant listening
experience.
So many new things to try.
Hard-drawn 3/4 " copper water line works too.
At 12:39 PM -0500 4/7/10, Bill Nettles wrote:
A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing
on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or
use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease
of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare.
It's amazing what the flared bell does.
Many a-time have I used a 10 ft length of electrical conduit to show
how bugle calls can be massacred.
Never tried a mouthpiece, never tried a flared bell.
Either of these additions might make it a way more pleasant listening
experience.
So many new things to try.
Hard-drawn 3/4 " copper water line works too.
At 12:39 PM -0500 4/7/10, Bill Nettles wrote:
A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing
on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or
use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease
of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare.
It's amazing what the flared bell does.
Many a-time have I used a 10 ft length of electrical conduit to show
how bugle calls can be massacred.
Never tried a mouthpiece, never tried a flared bell.
Either of these additions might make it a way more pleasant listening
experience.
So many new things to try.
Hard-drawn 3/4 " copper water line works too.
At 12:39 PM -0500 4/7/10, Bill Nettles wrote:
A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing
on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or
use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease
of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare.
It's amazing what the flared bell does.
A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare. It's amazing what the flared bell does.
But of course superb players can play on anything. Dennis Brain played a
Mozart concerto on a green garden hose. He used a mouthpiece, but I don't
recall whether he had an improvised bell. There may be a picture of him
doing it! He even trilled at the end.
John M. Clement
Houston, TX
Perhaps not what John was talking about, but entertaining nonetheless:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIdEeGX2sqQ
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From: John Clement <clement@hal-pc.org>
To: Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 1:21:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] musical instruments
But of course superb players can play on anything. Dennis Brain played a
Mozart concerto on a green garden hose. He used a mouthpiece, but I don't
recall whether he had an improvised bell. There may be a picture of him
doing it! He even trilled at the end.
John M. Clement
Houston, TX
Many a-time have I used a 10 ft length of electrical conduit to show
how bugle calls can be massacred.
Never tried a mouthpiece, never tried a flared bell.
Either of these additions might make it a way more pleasant listening
experience.
So many new things to try.
Hard-drawn 3/4 " copper water line works too.
At 12:39 PM -0500 4/7/10, Bill Nettles wrote:
A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing
on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or
use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease
of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare.
It's amazing what the flared bell does.
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A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare. It's amazing what the flared bell does.