Klarinet Archive - Posting 000396.txt from 1995/04

From: Thomas Labadorf <Labadorf@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Older clarinets
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 09:22:18 -0400

This may be hog-wash, but I've also heard that our saliva (a digestive juice)
breaks down some of the fibers in the wood of the bore thereby slightly
changing its dimensions.

Tom L.