Klarinet Archive - Posting 000907.txt from 1997/07

From: Jim Harper <jharper@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Float Test
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:17:28 -0400

Carol,

Heat is a better determinate of material. If it burns it's wood, if
it melts, it's plastic.

Hope this helps.

-Jim

>
> 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
> >
> >