Klarinet Archive - Posting 000333.txt from 2003/01

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] legere reeds and ligatures
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:54:10 -0500

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:52:25 -0600, "Willie Kercher" <res1b1nc@-----.net>
wrote:
>
> I have used the plasti-coat reeds on my little Bb in the church
>orchestra as sometimes we have long waits between some of the pieces we play
>and the reeds tend to dry out . I thought I'd be real slick and make a
>couple for my contra. I chose a couple of fairly good reeds and gave them a
>light coat of "Plasti-coat" spray, an automotive plastic paint for redoing
>seats and door panels. Didn't work. In fact those reeds never spoke again.
>But they looked good! Willie

I can't tell if you are serious with this, or if you are pulling our legs. I'm
going to be gullible and assume the former.

Plasti-Kote is a dreadful hydrocarbon cocktail, containing acetone, ethyl
alcohol, xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, mineral spirits, and a propane/isobutane
accelerant. The material safety data sheet says that anyone swallowing the
stuff should be kept warm and quiet while a poison control center is notified.
I can't IMAGINE using it on something I intended to put in my mouth.

Home-made plasticovers seem like an incredibly bad idea...

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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