Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 2004/08

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Material influence on sound...one more time
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:00:40 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Material influence on sound...one more time

>
> > >Also, at $1100, you can replace it once it goes
> > >green <GRIN>.
> >
> > At $1100, I would seriously consider just playing it green OR buffing
off
> > the green and then brushing the surface somehow!
>
> Now, I'd like to know just how long it takes for hard rubber to turn
green,
> or does that vary with the environment it is exposed to?
>
> I figure it would take at least 30 years, by then I'll be 80 and I really
> won't care ;-)
>
> Sue

Store it in its closed case when it is not in use and it may never turn
green.
Store it on a peg in a well lit room and it may turn green (or brown) within
a few years.

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