Klarinet Archive - Posting 000428.txt from 1995/04

From: Steven Popper <swpopper@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Older clarinets
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:01:56 -0400

Human beings are notoriously sluggish in digesting wood. It is
hard for me to imagine what enzymes might be found in human saliva that
would dent a cellulose molecule.

Steven W. Popper
-- Your message was: (from "Thomas Labadorf")
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.
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