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Quality indicators for woodwind reed material

Glave, Stefan ; Pallon, Jan LU ; Bornman, Chris ; Björn, Lars Olof LU orcid ; Wallén, Rita LU ; Råstam, Jacob ; Kristiansson, Per LU ; Elfman, Mikael LU and Malmqvist, Klas LU (1999) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 150(1-4). p.673-678
Abstract
For the generation of sound, some woodwind musical instruments, e.g. oboe, bassoon, clarinet and saxophone, are provided with mouthpieces made from reeds. These reeds are the culms of Arundo donax, a tall, cane-like perennial grass. A general problem is that the material is of varying quality, yet externally differences cannot be observed. Hence, large proportions of the prepared reeds are unusable. One hypothesis is that the changes in quality are correlated with differences in the chemical and anatomical structure of the tissue. Therefore, a comparison of superior and inferior mouthpieces, used by professional musicians, was undertaken to determinate potential indicators of quality. Nuclear microprobe analysis of reeds was carried out... (More)
For the generation of sound, some woodwind musical instruments, e.g. oboe, bassoon, clarinet and saxophone, are provided with mouthpieces made from reeds. These reeds are the culms of Arundo donax, a tall, cane-like perennial grass. A general problem is that the material is of varying quality, yet externally differences cannot be observed. Hence, large proportions of the prepared reeds are unusable. One hypothesis is that the changes in quality are correlated with differences in the chemical and anatomical structure of the tissue. Therefore, a comparison of superior and inferior mouthpieces, used by professional musicians, was undertaken to determinate potential indicators of quality. Nuclear microprobe analysis of reeds was carried out and complemented by scanning electron and light microscopy. The elemental levels of Si, P, S, Cl, K and Ca were compared between good and poor mouthpieces using appropriate statistical tests. No statistically significant differences could be identified. Microscopical observations showed that partial occlusion of vessels by tylose formation was associated with material deemed unusable. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{For the generation of sound, some woodwind musical instruments, e.g. oboe, bassoon, clarinet and saxophone, are provided with mouthpieces made from reeds. These reeds are the culms of Arundo donax, a tall, cane-like perennial grass. A general problem is that the material is of varying quality, yet externally differences cannot be observed. Hence, large proportions of the prepared reeds are unusable. One hypothesis is that the changes in quality are correlated with differences in the chemical and anatomical structure of the tissue. Therefore, a comparison of superior and inferior mouthpieces, used by professional musicians, was undertaken to determinate potential indicators of quality. Nuclear microprobe analysis of reeds was carried out and complemented by scanning electron and light microscopy. The elemental levels of Si, P, S, Cl, K and Ca were compared between good and poor mouthpieces using appropriate statistical tests. No statistically significant differences could be identified. Microscopical observations showed that partial occlusion of vessels by tylose formation was associated with material deemed unusable.}},
  author       = {{Glave, Stefan and Pallon, Jan and Bornman, Chris and Björn, Lars Olof and Wallén, Rita and Råstam, Jacob and Kristiansson, Per and Elfman, Mikael and Malmqvist, Klas}},
  issn         = {{0168-583X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1-4}},
  pages        = {{673--678}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms}},
  title        = {{Quality indicators for woodwind reed material}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(98)01025-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0168-583X(98)01025-8}},
  volume       = {{150}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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