Klarinet Archive - Posting 001334.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Blue steel vs. regular
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:01:39 -0400

At 12:13 PM 8/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
>What is the difference between "blue" steel and regular steel?
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Neil Leupold
>Southern Methodist University
>Meadows School of the Arts
>nleupold@-----.edu
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
Blueing is an anti-rust treatment, used very often on firearms -- note the
slightly blue color of a gun sometime. "Regular" steel, as it applies to
clarinet springs, generally means stainless steel.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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