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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 2004/08

From: Kat Sleeper <katsleeper@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Mineralization within cane tubules....
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:19:19 -0400

I cannot possibly add anything scientific to this fascinating
discussion but here is this:

I have one former teacher and one colleague who absolutely swear that a
reed does not perform properly until it's been gunked up just right by
the break-in process. They do not use the ultrasound cleaner for this
very reason.

And, of course, this shifts the perspective to what is added to the
reed by the human, rather than what is taken away.

Maybe it all comes out in the wash, so to speak?

All in all, I think what we double reed players manage to do with what
is basically two pieces of grass stuck together is pretty amazing.

Best--Kat Sleeper

On Saturday, August 7, 2004, at 05:39 PM, herb fawcett wrote:

>> The amount of cellulose & lignin remains the same; humans do not
>> produce
>> cellulase.
>>

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