German Diaz, a Spanish HG virtuoso (you can hear him on youtube), only uses liquid rosin, especially a little drop on the cotton, so that he can turn the wheel in both directions in order to emulate the effect of bowing both ways in a cello or a violin... It sounds really interesting.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Jon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Starting new thread about rosin. > > What about the liquid rosin that Neil Brook sells, see here: > http://www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk/accessories.html > > To quote Neil's website: > > "This is a solution of violin rosin in acetone. Acetone is used for > its rapid drying time which means the string is ready for cotton after > only a minute or so. The solution comes in a 15 ml bottle with brush . > > The main advantage of using liquid rosin is as a safe way to apply > rosin to the string prior to the cotton. Rubbing the string with a > rosin block probably causes more wear than anything else, particularly > on the thin high d'' chanterelle. > > The resulting fine and even coat of rosin ensures that the cotton > wraps round easily and does not travel along the string as sometimes > happens. > > It can also be used on the wheel and once burnished, it gives a good > shiny surface which lasts a long time. > > The bottles are available from me for £3.50p inc. of UK p&p". > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
