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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2004/08

From: benthin@-----.net
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: Mineralization within cane tubules....
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:27:25 -0400


I'd think by now someone with access to an electron microscope would
have compared a FRESH reed to a played out one to morphologically see
any difference? As to the notion raised by Kat that a reed has to be
properly "gunked up" to play well, I adhere to that- my reeds last for
months and are soaked only in saliva, as I feel water soaking
artifically swells it too much (opens it up too much)....so I mouth soak
it until it reaches playing wetness. But then I do not finish a reed
until it's been played a bit.
Mark Charette wrote:
>
> The amount of cellulose & lignin remains the same; humans do not produce
> cellulase.
>
> Did you intend to say that the long-chain starches are contributing to the
> mechanical rigidity? I've read a couple of PhD theses so far and that hasn't
> come up (at least in my recollection).

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