Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 1997/08

From: "Anne Bell" <Anne_Bell@-----.com>
Subj: RE: Float Test and cologne/Koln
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:50:30 -0400

Boy- go out of town for a week and what happens- hearing about the float test
was total deja vous. In my time in the Navy it was a very common expression
except it didn't mean quite what we're talking here. Anything that was pretty
much worthless but too heavy to carry to the dumpster pierside was "float
tested" during the next underway. Needless to say the point was that nothing
so tested floated for long- if there was any chance of it floating that
certainly would have defeated the purpose. Perhaps instead of being a
suggestion this comment is actually a jab at the quality of the instrument- it
certainly would be in float testing shape after the treatment it has recieved.
Of course we can all hope it was origionally intended in jest. Boys and
girls DON'T try this at home. Clarinets aren't designed to be
seaworthy........
Anne_Bell@-----.com

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From: owner-klarinet@-----.us on behalf of Roger Shilcock
Subject: Re: Float Test and cologne/Koln

But have you tried to *play* it yet?
Roger S,

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, pharmacy wrote:

> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 17:10:31 -0700
> From: pharmacy <pharmacy@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Float Test and cologne/Koln
>
> Yeah, Fred, in the oven overnight (on "warm"; I wouldn't recommend a
> higher temperature). It dried quite nicely, although there's a bump in
> the middle that wasn't there before. (Does this mean that I've
> determined that it's wood, or does plastic bulge in an oven, too?) I
> worked for hours to get all the keys back on but have two left over.
> They don't look very important, though.
> No offense taken, Fred! It's my first experiment with this type of
> instrument determination and boy, is it a challenge.
> Carol
>