Klarinet Archive - Posting 000885.txt from 2000/08

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] red plastic mouthpiece?
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:36:40 -0400

Re. the black plastic mouthpiece that's really dark red when held up to
strong light.... When I mentioned it to my husband, Kevin said, "There's no
such thing as black plastic." He says it's all some color or other, usually
red. With a strong enough back-light, apparently any mouthpiece will refract
a color, even though it reflects black! Most of my mpcs are hard rubber, but
this afternoon, I fished out all my plastic clarinet and sax mouthpieces and
took a look with the brightest light we've got. Only two looked black. The
others refracted dark red, brownish red or purple. No blues, no greens.
Live and learn....

Lelia
...singing, "Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends."

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