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Author: Mohammeddisto
Date: 2003-06-13 16:23
i was bored and i just got a new pack of V12s. I had them dipped in water in a bathroom cup and then, w hile they were dipped, i sucked water through the "butt" of the read. and water came out....would would this do?
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-06-13 16:48
Yes, you just proved to yourself that reeds have pores in the longitudinal direction! It's not a novel idea but I admire your love of experimentation and inquisitiveness. It wouldn't be a very effective straw, though.
Henry
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Author: cassie
Date: 2003-06-13 17:16
haha, I can see it now..........cane straws! Better patent it now before someone else steals your idea! ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
cassie
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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2003-06-13 18:25
For the $3.25 you may have paid for a reed you now can't use, you could have bought a couple of boxes of straws at Walmart!
Brian Peterson
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Author: Benni
Date: 2003-06-13 18:28
For more fun, blow air through the heel of the reed and make bubbles in the glass! ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2003-06-13 18:42
Very good observational skills - you may make a great researcher! As with all first observations there are layers of complex events underlying the process. One area of my outside research is the effect of various fluids (both water and silava are not the same as the aqueous fluids in the cane plant and give incomplete and non-distributed hydration in the reed using the natural pores and channels used for moisture transport) on rehydration of cane reeds. Many of my "dud" reeds, which I use as experimental material, have poor or uneven rehydration as visualized by dye patterns in controlled rehydration experiments with plain water and saliva. Various other fluids or water additatives may impove rehydration ( ah ! but it still may be a "dud" or maybe not?).
The Doctor
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Author: BobD
Date: 2003-06-13 22:24
My best out loud laugh today. My reed that I "treated" with polyurethane is still playing good and has a nice brown patina. May last forever.
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Author: hans
Date: 2003-06-13 23:46
Mohammeddisto,
You have demonstrated that the pores were not closed (usually one would blow from the heel of a wet reed and look for bubbles forming in the vamp to test this). Reeds with open pores absorb water too quickly, become waterlogged, and lose their resiliency. This is why it's important to burnish reeds before using them.
Hans
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