Klarinet Archive - Posting 000279.txt from 1997/04

From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Nail polish -on reed butt not label side
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:56:49 -0400

At 10:36 PM 4/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>
>
Tonight I painted the butt of one of my reeds with nail polish and used it
at a rehearsal. It seemed
to play darker and with more resistance. It certainly was not detrimental
to the performance of the
reed. I am anxious to find out if it affects the longevity of the reed as
Fernando claims. I really
don't understand the principle behind this but I try everything that anyone
claims improves the
performance of a reed.

Marty Marks