alcohol voicing (was: Reactionary curmudgeon)

[Larry J. Messerly]

Susan, 
Sounds like a good  idea.  I wonder if there is available at feed and
grain stores, veterinarian syringes with a long needle?
Larry Messerly, RPT
Prescott/Phoenix
> 
> I've just started wondering if I could voice through the strings 
> with 
> "vodka" (like voicing with the chopstick tool.) I have a few of 
> those 
> little plastic bottles which can be sealed by pulling up on the long 
> 
> plastic tube coming out the top. It might just be long enough to go 
> through 
> the strings, and just touch the strike point of the hammers. I think 
> it's 
> going to take some experimentation first, to be sure that none 
> spills on 
> the action, but it would be handy for a touch-up of the voicing, if 
> I could 
> control the flow well enough to get single drops on demand. I may 
> see if 
> the vodka comes out slower if the bottle is full (restrained by a 
> little 
> internal vacuum) or almost empty. I wouldn't want it splashing 
> around in 
> the action, though it might not actually do that much harm if just a 
> drop 
> or two went astray. I wouldn't want any on the strings, either, of 
> course.
> 
> Susan