Klarinet Archive - Posting 001047.txt from 1998/04

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Cigarette Papers
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:00:32 -0400

I too have found the cigarette papers rather expensive (and difficult
to find) - I have started to use (don't laugh) generic coffee
filters (basket drip style) cut into halves (or thirds). I can get
250 filters for $1.85 - $2.00.

> Cigarette paper quickly wicks up even molecular amounts of saliva/condensation
> in the tone hole. At rehearsals, I can get away with ridding moisture by
> blowing through the tone hole from the outside of the instrument. Using
> cigarette paper is more elegant, though probably not as entertaining, during a
> performance;-)
>
> When I first went to a local convenience store to buy the cigarette papers,
> the clerk looked askance at me until I explained why I was using the papers.
> She commented that she was happy to hear there was a legitimate use for the
> papers.
>
> Try to avoid the kind with the glued edges.
>
> Cigarette papers aren't cheap. I think a small package cost nearly $3, no
> doubt because of the "illegitimate" uses.
>
> Cindy
>
Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
2105 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64124
email: dikarius@-----.EDU