Klarinet Archive - Posting 000661.txt from 1995/12

From: Stan Geidel <sgeidel@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Reed Lifetime
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 20:46:33 -0500

At 11:55 AM 12/26/95 -0800, you wrote:

> I am seeking ideas on prolonging the lifetimes of clarinet reeds.
>I am considering the possibility of investigating this by a laser desorption
>spectroscopic technique. This could result in a correlation of reed
>treatments and " reed lifetime". Most of the published data in this area
>that I am aware of are subjective evaluations---very little quantitative
>information seems to be out there.

>Hal Moore
>Dept. of Chemistry
>UC Irvine
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Hal,

You may be interested in seeing the following dissertation:

Author: Veselack, Marilyn Sue Warren.

Title: Comparison of cell and tissue differences in good and unusable
clarinet reeds / by Marilyn Sue Warren Veselack.

Published: 1979.

Subjects: Ball State University. Theses (D.A.)
Clarinet--Reeds.

This is available through Interlibrary Loan from Ball State, and may even
be available in your campus library.

Best wishes,
Stan Geidel
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