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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2007/09

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: BASSOON: looking for clear plaque
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:27:38 -0400

Thanks Harry,
The cobbled-up experiment that I made with one of Chris Weaitt's plaques an=
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a key-light worked pretty well. It was dirt cheap, but I could not easily
develop a way to keep the plaque and the light together as a unit (duct tap=
e
is sort of cheesy). Obviously the guy deserves compensation for his work in
that area. Mike Benthin pointed out that the button-batteries can get
pricey. How do you regulate the brightness of the LED in this unit?
There is definitely more detail when you are looking at only one blade at a
time, however here at the house I don't see a lot of improvement over a 75W
unfrosted bulb. In a pit it would be a godsend as I have made some
unpleasant mistakes in that circumstance.
Herb

On 8/31/07 11:19 PM, "Harry Searing" <hsearing@-----.net> wrote:

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> Don=B9t underestimate this lighted plaque business. I just got one and I
> love it. The problem with holding your reed up against a 75W lamp is
> that it=B9s sort of a composite of both sides. You loose detail of each
> blade. I mean, it gives you a pretty good idea, but shining the light
> from the inside out, is a lot better.
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> Some cane is much more translucent, and some cane when wet, hardly shows
> the differences of thicknesses. You can vary the strength of the light
> and this helps in these two cases.
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> Some people might not want to know what their scrape looks like!
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> It=B9s also very handy when you drop something in the pit, use it as a
> flashlight, like I did tonight at Phantom of the Opera on Broadway!
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> Expensive flashlight, though!
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> Harry Searing
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