Klarinet Archive - Posting 000355.txt from 2003/10

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece pitch
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:34:15 -0400

Walter Grabner wrote:

> To me, none at all. I never play on the
> mouthpiece alone. I can't possibly see what
> that one dimensional tect could tell me.

> I ran a test. I took a blue needle spring and
> soaked it in my alcohol, intermittently for a
> week. I let it dry out then poured alcohol over
> it again , I must have done this six times. At
> the end of the week, the spring had NO
> RUST on it. [snip] In terms of alcohol
> drying out wood, I will agree that it has the
> possibility of doing so. Anytime I use alcohol
> and swabs to clean a clarinet, I then oil the
> area lightly after I have it clean and dry.

Thank you, Walter, for this information and for doing the experiment.
It's useful as well as interesting.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org