[CAUT] Wurzen felt

[David Ilvedson]

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
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