Its condensation allright. On a bet, I collected about two days worth of it into a little jar to prove that it wasn't spit.
What I ended up was just a jar of oily water :) And to prove it wasn't spit, well its easy. Spit has a distintive odor to it and I guarantee you if you leave it out for a little while it'll cake up a little, just like the tiny white flakes you can get on your mouthpiece. This just evaporated a little, leaving behind an oily residue. And, there was no odor apart from the faint hint of valve oil. -William In a message dated 1/13/2003 9:51:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj:Re: [Hornlist] Trick question > Date:1/13/2003 9:51:00 AM Pacific Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Now, as we are all taught, it is not spit, it is CONDENSATION that collects > in > the horn. Actually, most of it is indeed condensation. When you consider > what > the alcohol content in the condensate must be to significantly depress the > freezing point, it staggers me (literally) to think of the amount of > alcohol > one must consume. > > Herb Foster > --- David Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ... > > I'll guess that your horn *is* affected by wind chill because you are > part > > of the system when you play it. If there is no wind, then heat takes > > longer to dissipate. In particular, as you play your horn in freezing > > temperature and no wind, it takes longer for the water in the leadpipe to > > freeze. As the wind increases, you would have to play faster or louder - > > blow more (warm) air into it - to keep the tube from sealing up with > > frozen spit. Better you should have the flu if you have to play in a > > freezing wind - a high fever - your extra hot spit might get you through > > the piece. Or you might prepare by ingesting sufficient alcohol so that > > the liquid that enters your leadpipe resembles antifreeze. And playing > > low notes will help as the expansion is less than for high notes, so less > > heat is lost at the end of the mouthpiece. > > ... > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Horn mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn > _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
