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RE: Breaking a clarinet --- in.

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2002-06-05 17:56

There is a decided difference between siliva and the condensation of water vapor which collects in the bore of the clarinet. Siliva of course has certain digestive enzymes (which we have been lead to believe do not attack cellulose of wood or reed), and certain mirror images of the blood serum which include certain salts, and proteins, etc., etc. The water vapor from the lungs is pretty much just plain water but may have certain volatile chemicals that are exchanged from the blood vessels which vascularize the lung tissue (e.g. alcohol - the dreaded sobriety test administered by the local constable), but in minute quantities. Whether there are effects on the wood due to these volatile organic gases I do not know - an interesting area of research that I do not have time to pursue.
The Doctor

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Eddie Ashton

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