Does anyone know exactly what he does? Does he soak them for any amount of time or simply rub the lanolin oil on the strings?
CW --- Thomas Schall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as I know Hoppy plays Pyramid strings and > uses oil to get them sound > "older". > > Thomas > > Am Sonntag, 2. Januar 2005 15:56 schrieb > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > In a message dated 1/1/2005 10:46:26 AM Eastern > Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > how about lanolin, olive-oil or even (gak!) lard? > > > > I have heard that Hopkinson Smith uses lanolin oil > on overspun bass strings > > to get a more gut-like sound. > > > > Kenneth Be > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > Thomas Schall > Niederhofheimer Weg 3 > D-65843 Sulzbach > 06196/74519 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Dress up your holiday email, Hollywood style. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com
