[CAUT] Self voicing hammers/work hardening

[Susan Kline]

At 08:28 AM 5/24/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks, Susan, I'm always happy to be adding to the arsenal.
>
>Here's how I use keytop/acetone:  Take a metal tuning mute handle.  Dip it 
>in the mixture, come out with a small (and it's small!) drop, put it in 
>the offending string groove(s).  I feel like this is the ultimate 
>control--much less is applied than with an eye dropper and it's better 
>than a syringe, because you can actually see how much is being 
>used.  Because it's so fast, it's one of those tools that is always with 
>me on stage......
>
>Later!
>
>Barbara Richmond

Arsenal enhancement -- ditto. That IS a small amount! I wonder what would 
happen if one did that with shellac? One might end up with a really subtle 
result. I find that old dropper bottles which used to hold herbal tinctures 
(well-washed, of course) do a good job of holding shellac -- for awhile. 
One shouldn't keep it indefinitely, anyway. Eventually the rubber gets soft 
and stuck, but I haven't known one to leak. I still put it in a ziploc bag, 
like I use around the alcohol squeeze bottle.

Susan