Dear Bruno
Thanks for reminding me, I try to use Renaissance wax fairly
regularly; it does seem to protect my Baroque lute. I did not treat my
Renaissance lute at the outset, and it is quite marked by my little
finger (due to acidity, no doubt).
Of course the difference might also be due to the difference in
"varnish" that the two lute makers used; but Stephen Gottlieb was quite
surprised by the unmarked quality of my Barouqe lute's table; and he
wondered if it was because I was careful, or if I didn't play all that
often.
I thought I might have lost the tin, but I have just found it; but
there are no details about the formula on the tin. It just says
micro-crystaline wax polish, as used by the British museum. I notice
Miguel Serdoura suggests not only using Renaissance wax, but also
gently washing the table at the point of contact with weak soapy water.
I haven't tried that.
Regards
Anthony
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De : Bruno Correia <[email protected]>
A : Edward Mast <[email protected]>
Cc : List LUTELIST <[email protected]>
Envoye le : Jeu 24 mars 2011, 3h 47min 16s
Objet : [LUTE] Re: Wax
Hi Edward,
Interesting, I'll check the formula, if there is one...
Just for curiosity, how do you mix these waxes?
2011/3/23 Edward Mast <[1][1][email protected]>
Bruno,
I'm not familiar with this wax. But Robert Lundberg - in his book
"Historical Lute Construction" - gives two formulas for a wax to
use
on the top. The simplest one is: 2 parts beeswax, 1 part carnauba
wax, 6 parts turpentine. Perhaps before buying, you can find what
the formula of the Renaissance wax is.
On Mar 23, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Bruno Correia wrote:
> Is this product (Ranaissance wax) advisable to use on the top of
the
> lute? I think somebody mentioned it in the list...
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[6]http://www.amazon.com/Picreator-65mL-can-Renaissance-Micro-Crystalli
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ne/dp/B001DSZWEM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300899218&sr=8-1
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1. mailto:[email protected]
2. http://www.amazon.com/Picreator-65mL-can-Renaissance-Micro-Crysta
3. http://www.amazon.com/Picreator-65mL-can-Renaissance-Micro-Crystalli
4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
5. mailto:[email protected]
6. http://www.amazon.com/Picreator-65mL-can-Renaissance-Micro-Crystalli
7.
http://www.amazon.com/Picreator-65mL-can-Renaissance-Micro-Crystalline/dp/B001DSZWEM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300899218&sr=8-1
8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
