Articles

• Acoustic Tradeoffs of the Boehm Clarinet

  How the physical construction of the Boehm clarinet produces note-specific tonal differences, and what acoustic mechanisms are responsible.

• Harmonic Series With Wind Instruments

  How resonating air columns in wind instruments produce the harmonic series, and why the clarinet is different.

• Temperature and Intonation in Wind Instruments

  How temperature affects the speed of sound and therefore the pitch of wind instruments, and why brass instruments are more susceptible than woodwinds.

• Tuning Tendencies of Brass Instruments

  Why valve combinations on brass instruments go out of tune, and how players and instrument makers address it.