Klarinet Archive - Posting 000918.txt from 1997/07

From: trbaun@-----. Baun)
Subj: Re: Float Test
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:17:39 -0400

pharmacy 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

Try looking inside the barrel or the upper joint...perhaps you can see
the wood grain. Please don't burn it or float it!