Re: [Harp-L] What happens when bending? FIBER OPTICS



FIBER OPTICS........................If someone could drill a hole big enough through the back of the comb of a harp to fit a fiber optic fillament we could see what actually happens. I have no idea what the smallest diamiter fiber optic camera is ,but I beleive it is fairly small. If the hole is drilled properly it would almost be self sealing........Just a thought..........Dane Paul


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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] What happens when bending



This is fascinating stuff. Howard Levy did something similar when Dr. Hank
Bahnson snuck him into Pittsburgh Hospital and used their expensive equipment
to film inside Howard's mouth (Hank got a slap on the wrist from the
administrators for this one).


It is possible that these films will show what happens when ------- bends
(fill in the blank w/whoever is being filmed). What may be most interesting is
having a few players filmed the same way to determine if the results are
individualistic or contain some sort of common denominator.



In a message dated 10/6/2008 5:23:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

In 2002  I served as guinea pig for a group of medical researchers in
the  ear, nose & throat department at Hamburg University Hospital who
were investigating wind instruments. They stuck an endoscopic camera
through my nose and down into the throat in order to film the larynx
and pharynx from above while I played. An external camera with sound
recording filmed neck and head from the side. On the resulting video
it's possible to observe both bending and vibrato from inside the
throat. On the basis of this material I would say that although the
middle part of the tongue (which we couldn't flm at the same time)
clearly must play an important role when bending, the activity
definitely continues right down into the pharynx. The vocal folds
also play a much greater role than I had anticipated in articulating
individual notes as well as creating vibrato. I will be including
excerpts from this film in a forthcoming instructional  DVD,

Steve

Steve  Baker
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www.stevebaker.de
www.bluesculture.com
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