Hoppy used to use Lanolin rubbed into his Pyramid basses, but that 
was 29 years ago.

ed


At 06:20 AM 5/24/2012, William Samson wrote:
>    Hi Ed,
>
>    Age indeed . . .  OH!  You mean the strings?
>
>    Yes - Dirt and sweat seem to tame them.  I was wondering if the process
>    could be speeded up by rubbing, say, beeswax into an overwound string.
>    Anybody tried that?
>
>    Bill
>    From: Ed Durbrow <[email protected]>
>    To: William Samson <[email protected]>; baroque lute list
>    <[email protected]>
>    Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2012, 2:36
>    Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Zingy strings
>    On May 23, 2012, at 11:31 PM, William Samson wrote:
>    >  Hi,
>    >
>    >  Just wondering if anybody had found a good way to take the worst of
>    the
>    >  boom and everlasting sustain out of overwound basses?
>    Age will help.
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>References
>
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