Klarinet Archive - Posting 000662.txt from 1995/12

From: "Hal Moore (Hal Moore)" <HALMOORE@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Reed Lifetime
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 23:52:49 -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
>============================================================================
>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
>----------------------------------------
> Stan Geidel
> sgeidel@-----.net
> Muncie, Indiana
>
> Visit the Online Clarinet Resource
> on the World Wide Web at:
> http://www.iquest.net/~sgeidel/
Stan, thanks much. I wan not aware of the thesis. I will definitely check
it out. Cheers, Hal

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Hal Moore
Dept. of Chemistry
UC Irvine