Klarinet Archive - Posting 000813.txt from 1997/08

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Re: Float Test and cologne/Koln
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:37:12 -0400

Diane:
re:
>3. If we use the right fluorescent tags, we have further economic (as
>well as artistic) potential - lets say we develop antibodies to
>several different molecules which are in the wood or resin. If we
>tag each of those antibodies with a different fluorescent label (which
>glow different colors when exposed to the appropriate light), our next
>step is to expose those thin sheets of clarinet to the antibodies,
>label them, put the sheets under the appropriate microscope, and
>photograph the results. We can create very pretty pictures that not
>only identify the nature of the clarinet, but can be sold at very high
>price as fine, albeit somewhat abstract, art.
>

You forgot to point out the added benefit to concert-goers: by using a
light source of the proper wavelength, the clarinetist would glow with a
colour dependant on the type of clarinet being used!

-Scott
(P.S. I am sending, under separate cover, some scrapings from my clarinet.
Thanks for your help!)
-SDM

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

SDM@-----.edu