stringed instrument lacquer

Avery Todd atodd@UH.EDU
Sat Dec 11 09:57 MST 1999


Well, David, as a last resort, one could always use Liquid Steel. :-)
Saw that once on a "honky-tonk" pianists piano in his restaurant.
Better than thumb tacks?

Avery

>That wasn't about tone that was about "cutting" through the
>mix.  I did work for "Pablo Cruise" and took their C7 and
>thoroughly soaked the hammers in lacquer/thinner.  These
>were rocks.  The pianist, Cory Lerios, said it was better but
>could be brighter.  I offered aluminum hammers but then
>couldn't find a maker.
>
>David I.


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