Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-12-08 17:47
Nessie1 wrote:
> My teacher told me that lipstick actually rots cane
The question, of course, is, how does your teacher know this? Has he (she?) actually seen reeds that had been rotted out by lipstick? Or is this just one of those silly things grownups tell children to avoid having to make a genuine defense of their authority?
In this as in so many other areas it's really hard to tell where folklore, legend and personal witchcraft leaves off and real knowledge begins.
Probably none of us here really knows whether lipstick is harmful to reeds. It's surprising to me if it's never been carefully looked at, because it must be of concern for women reed players who wear other forms of makeup routinely but accept lipstick as a genuine danger. (Or maybe they just discover the answer for themselves by trial and error and never share it.)
As I've already said, I suspect there is some truth in the taboo, but it's an intuitive suspicion and, since I never wear lipstick in any case, I've never had a real need to know.
As a band director I generally copped out by ignoring it and suggesting a new reed if the girl in question sounded like one would help, regardless of the cause.
Karl
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