Author: I. Corry
Date: 2002-02-12 17:30
"Hard rubber grows in Africa?"
Of course -- on hard rubber trees. Where did you think it comes from? ("Just what made that little ole' ant ...") Actually, though the hardest rubber comes from the gum of Grenadilla trees. That's why, sometimes, when they get too hot during marching band season, grenadilla clarinets turn into ebonite. Then they really lose their tone.
the Professor
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