Saliva is good for small spots. Just as useful is India rubber. I was surprised how well is works.
Mathias "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > It depends on the chemical composition of the "oils" of your hands. > On my lute the mark tends to turn a green colour. I have been told to > use a little "spit" put-on with a finger to help remove this. > Apparently the spit "digests" some of the oils. I was also told to > wipe the lute frequently with a lens cloth (micro fibres). > Anthony > > Le 13 mai 07 à 16:01, Narada a écrit : > > > When I bought mine I was advised to use egg white to clean the > > soundboard, but I'm going to leave it as I think it adds a bit of > > character to the instrument. I was also advised not to varnish or > > stain > > the soundboard as it would detract from the sound of the instrument. > > > > N > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 13 May 2007 14:54 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [LUTE] Novice question - cleaning a soundboard. > > > > Hi - this is SO basic that I'm ashamed to be asking... but here goes. > > > > My little student lute has an unvarnished spruce soundboard. I > > wash my > > hands before playing, but because spruce is so light in colour and > > there's no varnish to repel smudges, I can already see that it might > > eventually end up looking pretty grubby. > > > > Am I right in thinking that taking a damp cloth to the thin > > unvarnished > > wood would not be a good idea? Failing that, is there any recommended > > cleaning method, or should I just come to regard some smudges as > > part of > > the instrument's 'character'? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
