[CAUT] Wurzen felt

[Tim Coates]

Otto and Dave,

I've been using spray lacquer ever since Otto mentioned it.  I tried 
Roger Jolly's suggestion of hair spray, but didn't like the results 
(wanted a little more bite than what I got).  I find the spray lacquer 
to be long lasting very controllable for saturation.  I still build the 
base of lacquer, but use the spray to put minor finishing touches on 
the sound.

Tim Coates
University of South Dakota
University of Sioux Falls

On Jul 24, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Porritt, David wrote:

> 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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