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Author: dansil
Date: 2010-06-20 06:19
A very simple way to end this debate about whether the fluid we regularly accumulate in our instruments after playing is just condensation of water vapour in our breath or saliva is to test it's chemistry and inspect it under a high-power microscope. Saliva will have a very well-documented chemistry containing a much higher level of sodium, potassium and chloride ions than condensation of water vapour, and it will also have some cells from the lining of the mouths and tongue.
It wouldn't be expensive to do this simple experiment and when I return from Europe in a few days I will practice heaps, drip profusely WITHOUT swabbing (a laudible sacrifice in light of the importance of this research) and take it around to my local pathology lab to have it tested.
The results will be posted on this stream as soon as possible but don't hold your breaths, just keep playing (and swabbing).
Cheers, Danny Silver
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