Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1996/04

From: Jacqueline G Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:33:33 -0500

Any of you chemistry people out there want to try your hand at metallurgy?

I have been playing for several years now with an uncorked (bare metal)
thumbrest. I found that I simply preferred it - it holds better and is
not uncomfortable for me in the least.

The downside is that it turns my thumb a truly amazing shade of bright
green. Someone noticed this and said that the metal was probably
penetrating my skin and that I would get blood poisoning and die. I'm
quite serious about this - no belated April Fool's for me! Is this
tarnish potentially harmful? The metal itself is pinkish in color so I
would assume it's copper-based.

What think you, oh wise science-type guys?

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu