Klarinet Archive - Posting 000274.txt from 1997/04

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Nail polish -on reed butt not label side
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:56:44 -0400

Sorry, I didn't know that you didn't post that to the list.

>At 07:00 PM 4/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Dave:
>> GOOD GREIF - I have sent you private E-mail about my Experience about
>>some of this!
>> I don't know about Fernando"s methods, but He's talking about the bottom
>>end "BUTT" of the reed!!
>> You're not going to have any Problem with that in you're mouth - like our
>>good contact in Kansas City has said!! SEAL off the butt?? that's the
>>other possible place that the TUBES can get water! Not a bad idea! Try it
>>or not! You're choice!
>>
>>Hey! DAVE - WOULD YOU PLEASE - maybe try what were talking about before you
>>Blast any of us again!? You might find some of this might help YOU!
>> ME - Lover of Clarinet & trying only to pass along to Klarinet
>>what I know to WORK!! (for me at least for 30+ years)
>>Cheers!! Bob Lake <laker29@-----.net>
>>
>>At 2:04 AM 4/8/97, WWQUINTET@-----.COM wrote:
>>>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
>>
>>Bob Lake
>>Musician/Educator
>>Edina, MN
>><laker29@-----.net>
>>
>>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Faculty Festival of Art and Musical Excellence (Fame) Princeton, N.J.
reedman@-----.com