Klarinet Archive - Posting 000366.txt from 2003/09

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sulfur emitting mouthpieces
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:40:22 -0400

At 12:08 9/14/03 -0700, you wrote:
>....and now for the $64 question: Why is rubber named "rubber"?

I believe one of the early uses for was for an eraser - called a
"rubber". We still have the term "art gum" for a sort of eraser.

George Kidder
Bar Harbor, ME

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