Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 1997/07

From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Float Test
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:17:24 -0400

Carol, don't do it. It will cause damage to the pads and all of the steel
parts of the instrument. This "friend" of yours is playing what could be a
very expensive practicle joke on you, or is a total idiot.

At 10:43 PM 7/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>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
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