Klarinet Archive - Posting 000020.txt from 1996/11

From: "Michelle (mitch) Reynolds" <mmitch@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Reed Hardness Demystified :-)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:46:02 -0500

Ha!

On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Daniel A. Paprocki wrote:

> Since dogs have a greater sense of smell and hearing than we, do couldn't
> a dog be trained (hey, thay sounds like a good DMA document!!) to sniff out
> the good reeds. Dogs are used to find drugs, missing persons, foxes,
> newspapers, etc. Why not reeds? I even think there is some research on
> dogs being able to sniff out cancerous cells or something. Now think about
> this, once the dog finds a good reed or a certain strength, he could then
> put the reed in a certain bin for packing. Who knows maybe dog saliva is
> the answer to preserving reeds. I always wondered about the Oliveri
> "tempered" reeds.
> Maybe in the year 2000 the Vandoren factory will be "manned" by
> man's best friend (no, not the remote) and since Bowser will work for Bacon
> strips, a rubber squeeky toy, and a drink from the toilet now and then,
> the price of a box of reeds will be $3!!
>
> Dan
>
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> Daniel A. Paprocki
> Instructor of Clarinet
> Malone College
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