[CAUT] Lanolin

[Paul T Williams]

Cool news, Alan.

I've tried the Downey/alcohol thing and the VS profelt with some success, 
but on the really nasty hard hammers, I find it only brings them down in 
volume, not tone....so a nasty sounding hammer, but softer in volume.  I 
think I'll give this a try.

what ratio do you use with the Lanolin/lacquer?

Best,
Paul




From:
"McCoy, Alan" <amccoy at ewu.edu>
To:
CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Date:
09/15/2010 02:24 PM
Subject:
[CAUT] Lanolin



Hi Folks,

I have tried some lanolin/lacquer thinner on several sets of hammers here 
per Fred’s post a couple weeks ago. BTW a good source of it is here for 
those who want to give it a try: 
http://www.thesage.com/catalog/FixedOil.html#Lanolin. $10 for 16 oz.

I applied it to two sets of hammers that were annoying to needle – grabby 
or just plain impenetrable (one set of Renner blues, and one NY Steinway). 
Also applied some just yesterday to a set that were in need of needling, 
but a decent set, i.e. not argumentative hammers (NY S&S). The first thing 
I noticed in all three cases was that the mixture itself has an effect on 
the voice (to say nothing about whether or not the needles penetrate more 
easily, the original reason for the application). To my ear it is a 
pleasant change to the tone – mellower and rounder. On the set yesterday 
it probably is too dark and I’ll need to file the hammers to get a bit 
more definition (they need filing anyway). The effect on the other two 
sets was not as pronounced, but still a pleasant change. I can’t think of 
any downside to using the mixture. Not yet anyway. 

I’d be interested in hearing if anyone else has used this stuff.

Alan



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