Bill, Since nylgut is still nylon, I wouldn't think it would absorb any of the lanolin. The plastic is going to be pretty impermeable. You would get a thin layer of lanolin on the outside of the string, but that wouldn't be enough to change the density noticeably. It would be different with a gut string, which is to some degree porous and can be loaded with substances to increase the density and make it sound different.
In the winter especially, I've been putting Eucerin Aquaphor on my fingertips before practicing. I get cracked skin on my thumbs and index fingertips from the dry air, and the Aquaphor helps that and lets me get a cleaner release than the rough skin would give me. That alone will change the quality of the sound. Plus, since I have gut strings, I'm guessing that it keeps the strings lubricated on the neck and in the area of the plucking. Tim On Saturday, January 8, 2005, at 11:06 AM, bill kilpatrick wrote: > as per earlier thread, i ran a lanolin saturated piece > of cloth over my nylgut strings (overspun and plain) > in an effort to make them sound more like gut. > > aside from a scent activated memory of adolescent > dating and brylcream, i have to say there's not much > in it. it cleaned them up a bit; made them more > pleasing to the touch but i can't say it altered their > sound any. > > backtoscales - bill > > ===== > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy > crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la > Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: > http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
