Klarinet Archive - Posting 000460.txt from 2000/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] So what happened to the table?
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:18:35 -0500

In a message dated 2/10/00 7:46:23 AM Central Standard Time,
gkidder@-----.org writes:

<< Don't I remember someone (probably Eric Brand) saying that you could remove
light markings on a mouthpiece (such as ligature lines) by gentle heating.
Such as 90 degree weather with the bag lying in the sun. Might this cause
the removal of the markings at the same time that it warped the table? >>

I know the passage in the Eric Brand text you mentioned. It is not "gentle
heat" but the use of a torch-heated iron to soften the surface of the
mouthpiece. I would say, scientifically (j/k), blisteringly hot!!!!

However, it's my guess too, that the mouthpiece has warped.

Walter Grabner

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