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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2004/01

From: PhilFrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Re: Plastic Reeds
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:52:36 -0500

In a message dated 1/9/04 10:02:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
doublereed-l-request@-----.edu writes:

> Keep up the research, Phil. Say, doublereeders, wasn't
> there an article in the Journal way back when about
> someone who experimented with layering airplane glue
> on a plastic reed to create thicker sections which
> could then be sanded down? It was, as I recall dimly,
> a bassoon reed. Can anyone confirm?
>
>

I hope it didn't make him sick. Airplane glue is not to be fooled around
with.

P.S. Thanks for the encouragement, folks.

- Phil Freihofner