Klarinet Archive - Posting 000850.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] red plastic mouthpiece?
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:13:19 -0400

At 04:54 PM 8/25/2000 EDT, LeliaLoban wrote:
>I'm restoring an old E. Lerue wooden clarinet that is probably in A. I
think
>I asked about Lerue when I first bought it and got no answers (they'd still
>be welcome, if anyone knows anything about Lerue). However, I just noticed
>when I began cleaning it up that the mouthpiece, which is plastic, isn't
>black. With strong back-light, it's dark wine red, translucent and somewhat
>swirly. There are no maker markings on it and there is no indication of
>country of origin. The only markings are ligature placement guidelines.
Any
>idea what this is?
>
When I was young, my folks had two double decks of KEM plastic playing
cards. The plastic cases for both of these card sets appeared to be black,
but one of them, when looked through into strong light, proved to be in
fact a very deep red -- like dark enough to look directly at the SUN
through! Not a lot of help, I'll admit, but at least this suggests that
such plastic is not ENTIRELY unique.

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
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