Klarinet Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 1995/05

From: Laura R Bornhoeft <lbornhoe@-----.EDU>
Subj: Saliva, etc.
Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 22:28:17 -0400

I've always suspected that the moisture to be found inside a clarinet was
largely due to condensation from warm breath hitting a cooler surface.
Saliva would be in there, too.

Has anyone ever thought of determining the proportion of condensation to
saliva? It shouldn't be a difficult problem if you have access to the
right instruments (double meaning?).

Any of you chemistry people interested in adding to the pool of knowledge?

Laura R. Bornhoeft