You're on the right track, but it's more complicated than that. It's got to do with impedance matching and the fact that at the bell most of the sound energy is reflected back into the horn. Cabbage could explain it in more understandable terms. Heck, he has to make himself understood by college freshmen.
Herb Foster --- Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Herbert Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Oddball ebay horn and the resistance canard > > > > Here is an experiment to show that blowing resistance is not the same as > > playing, or acoustic resistance. > > > > 1. If you have a screw bell, play with the bell on and the bell off. You > > will > > feel more playing resistance with the bell on, though it causes no added > > blowing resistance. > > With the bell on, aren't you affecting (vibrating) a much larger volume of > air? That would seem to me to explain the greater perceived resistance. > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herb_foster%40yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
