Klarinet Archive - Posting 000899.txt from 1997/07

From: Frederik Coene <29967@-----.be>
Subj: Re: Float Test
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:47:14 -0400

>> I'm looking at a clarinet to purchase for my daughter. It's been in
>> storage for several years, and the person selling it doesn't know if
>> it's wood or plastic. A friend of mine who has had experience with this
>> sort of thing says that if I float the clarinet in a bathtub of water it
>> will designate whether it's made of wood or plastic, the wood type
>> floating higher and longer. My question to you is, does it matter how
>> many inches of water there are in the tub, and is the temperature of the
>> water crucial to the float?
>> Thanks,
>> Carol
>
>You've got to be kidding.
>Please tell me you are kidding.
>You are kidding, aren't you?
>
>Starr

Someone even told me to get a better sound, you have to put your clarinet
one day in a bath of "Eau de Cologne". :-)))

Frederik

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