Susan, At 12:45 PM 4/18/97 -0700, you wrote: >> >>Yep, it's called graphite. > >Sure, you can double the life of violin and cello strings by rubbing pencil >lead in the grooves at the nut and bridge; but contact with wood wasn't what >I meant. I meant the metal-metal of the bridge pin and wire, which is where >the friction seems to do the damage (making grooves, hanging up). I was >thinking more along the lines of a drop of Protek, dabbed on right at the >front bridge pin, while the bridge pin was new and unmarked. I was afraid of >clogging the tone later, though, and unsure if it would improve the problem. > >Full speed ahead, if ahead is where we're going! > I don't think that's the answer. Maybe someone else has thought this through better. Best. Horace > > Horace Greeley Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 415.725.9062 LiNCS help line: 415.725.4627
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