collidon Hammer Laquer

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Ric,

It's:

Collodion:  a viscous solution of pyroxylin used especially as a 
coating for wounds or for photographic films

In piano work, it is usually used mixed thinly with ether and is 
exceptionally useful on instruments with hard-pressed hammers when 
not much reinforcing is needed, rather a bit of 
brightening.  Bosendorfer and Bechstein used to use it a good deal in 
production.  I have found it very useful on S&S Hamburg hammers.

Best.

Horace


At 12:32 AM 8/24/2006, you wrote:
>Sorry bout the spelling...
>
>This was taken from the archives after a search for hammer laquer:
>
>    /Collodium is amongst others being used in nail polish as a
>    hardener, and it
>    smells pretty awful, like a hospital, because of the ether.
>    On the other hand, it too works very well as a hammer hardener, and,
>    it works
>    VERY fast,  and I like the end result very much.
>
>    /
>
>Cheers
>RicB