Well back to the drawing board, All the keys are in tune to each not they are supposed to play, but being my first time to make a symphonie, I make the keys too loose and they buzz or vibrate when I bow the strings... I may just scrap this one and start all over.. Practice makes perfect I hope.... Seth
Roy Trotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > That is the case with all "rosewoods" or any reddish colored wood > (including cherry). Using a sealer with UV blocking properties will > slow the browning, as will storing it in its case. > Orest I would be interested in "slowing " it, but not stopping it. Bois D'arc is about white when it's first cut, goes yellow, then orange and then reddish, Have a small block that I have been getting saddles ( for Banjos, Mt dulcimers, etc. for about 10 years. the oldest face on it is a dark rust-color. They tell me it eventually turns grey in the sun, but my piece tends to stay in the shade or a box (depending on how long since I have moved). I would like to do an intarsia on a boxlid, but didn't going grey in my lifetime. I suspect sanding would restre the lighter effects, but you can only do that so many times... The prpleheart I have is REALLY Purple and I am tempted to expose it to sunlight to get it browner and then seal it where I like the color. Do you reckon that would work? > > -- Arle Lommel wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Can't respond for Chris about his construction, but the only way to > keep purpleheart from going brown is to keep it out of the sun. > Sunlight causes the color change. > > -Arle > > On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Jon Redpath wrote: > > > > > Hi, can you tell me if the case of your symphony is purpleheart, > > and what did you use for tangents? It looks excellent . I used to > > use pupleheart on some of the bagpipes I used to make. It gives a > > really nice finish. The stuff we get here in Scotland sadly goes > > brown after about ten years, almost like a walnut colour Have > > fun JON > > Send instant messages to your online friends http:// > > uk.messenger.yahoo.com > >
