Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 1996/04

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: coloured reeds
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 12:11:46 -0500

>Simple - mold. Sounds tasty, huh?
>
>Seriously, folks, invest the $2 in a new reed occasionally. God only
>knows what sorts of evil toxins could lurk in a 2-year old reed.
>
>And this from someone who changes reed water, oh, maybe once a week ---
>
>Jacqueline Eastwood
>University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
>eastwooj@-----.edu
>

... or what cures for cancer!!!!!

(I, personally, assumed that the colour came from rubbing the reed
with green thumbs from the thumb rests! )

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu