Is hairspray some kind of lacquer? I remember David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Porritt, David <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:55:08 -0500 Subject: RE: [CAUT] Wurzen felt >Otto: >I was going to copy down the ingredients in the hair spray but it >occupies 6 lines of very small print on the can and I'm too lazy! >Spray lacquer was going to be my next step if something in addition was >needed. >dp >David M. Porritt >dporritt@smu.edu >-----Original Message----- >From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of >Otto Keyes >Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:42 PM >To: College and University Technicians >Subject: Re: [CAUT] Wurzen felt >David, >You'll probably find that can of hairspray was merely lacquer in a >diluted >form & a well-coiffed can. I wrote about using the "spray bomb method" >on >this list 2-3 years ago, with an astoundingly silent response. You're >the >first one to confess such nefarious experimentation -- and to publicly >admit >that it really works! >Great for emergency juicing jobs, but can be easily reversed. However, >it >can give surprisingly satisfactory & long-lasting results, if desired. >I use a spray lacquer (like Deft), and acetone as a chaser on the crown >to >keep it from developing a nasty zing from the crust. I suspect that the >hairspray was dilute enough to achieve the same results. The thing I >like >about the acetone is the fact that it flashes off so fast that you >pretty >much know what you have within a matter of minutes. However, your >method >was not only Suave, but it was also cheap -- may have to try it next >time. >Otto >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> >To: <caut@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 2:26 PM >Subject: [CAUT] Wurzen felt >> We have a Steinbuhler 7/8 action for a "D" in our main recital hall. >It >isn't used a lot, but it is used. A couple of weeks ago it was being >used >for a master class and the Ronsen Wurzen hammers were just a little too >soft. The sound was really nice, but the treble didn't have enough >higher >partials to be heard well over the bass. It sounded muddy in the hall. >The >professor who uses it wanted some more zing! >> >> I'm not a big fan of over doping - particularly on really nice >hammers. >As a first step I went to CVS pharmacy down the street and got a can of >98-cent Suave Extra-hold hairspray. I covered everything but the >hammers >with newspaper and sprayed all the hammers but more on the treble ones. >The >next morning it sounded pretty good. The professor who prefers not to >fight >a dull instrument was very happy with it so I quit meddling with it. >> >> I have to admit I've never tried that before, but had read it >somewhere >(this list?) and thought that was probably as benign a starting place as >any. I don't think it would have worked on less dense felt, but on the >Wurzens it really worked well. >> >> dp >> >> __________________________ >> David M. Porritt, RPT >> Meadows School of the Arts >> Southern Methodist University >> Dallas, TX 75275 >> dporritt@smu.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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