[CAUT] Zein/felt

[Ed Sutton]

Oops!
This was meant to go to Annie.  CAUT got copied in by accident.
Well....anybody out there tried using zein for hammer voicing?
(Zein is a protein extracted from corn or ather veggies, Annie discovered it 
and sent me a sample)
Ed Sutton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>
To: <annie at allthingspiano.com>; "College and University Technicians" 
<caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 10:38 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Zein/felt


> Annie-
>
> I dissolved some zein in 90% isopropyl alcohol.
> It behaves somewhat like shellac. Discolored the felt somewhat.
> It made a felt sample somewhat stiff, but it became flexible in response 
> to bending.
> It behaves similar to shellac, though my guess is that the molecule chains 
> aren't as long.
> It might be very good for hardening hammers...got a few thousand dollars 
> in case I mess up a set of hammers?
>
> Ed