Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 1997/04

From: WWQUINTET@-----.COM
Subj: Re: Nail polish -on reed butt not label side
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:56:21 -0400

In a message dated 97-04-08 01:09:16 EDT, reedman@-----.
Blumberg) writes:

<< e-mailed Fernando, and he spoke of the reed butt, not the bottom of the
reed as written to put the nail polish on.
>>
That's interesting. It's a well known phenomenon that if you place the butt
end of a reed into a lukewarm glass of water, that the process of osmosis
will transport water through the vessels in the reed and up into the inner
structure of the cane. I'm then assuming that nail polish will strengthen the
reed by coating the inner vessels as it moves inside the reed in a similar
fashion. Of course, I'm merely guessing. We'll have to wait for Fernando's
complete methodology. Though, the idea of even the remote possibility of a
sticky substance like nail polish flaking off inside the clarinet makes me a
tad squeamish. I believe I'll stay with the traditional procedures. :-)

Dave