The other problem is the tendency of 19th century
museums and collectors to "preserve" their
instruments by giving them a nice coat of wax
polish.
There used to be a saying in the British Navy "If
it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, paint it
white." Something of the sort seems to have
Thank you, David, you are a real mine of information!
Joachim
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Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Vanishing lute tops - or not?
Datum: 2020-06-13T14:26:49+0200
Von: "David Van Edwards"
An: "lute List"
Dear Jörg,
I cover this towards the end of this essay
Dear Jorg,
Stand Oil. ie raw linseed oil which has stood and so partially oxidised
to the consistency of thick treacle. It softens on application but then
soon oxidises completely to forms a matt protective coat onto just the
surface of the bare wood. Indeed, the appearance is then
Hydrochloric acid applied in an appropriate quantity and manner might do the
job ... ;) We all fall victim to spellcheckers from time to time ...
Apart from joking: Do we really know something about the goings on concerning
varnish or sealing (wax?) being applied to lute soundboards of them
Dear Jörg,
I cover this towards the end of this essay on a related matter.
https://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/nov00/month.htm
Best wishes,
David
Dear collected wisdom,
there are quite a lot of different ideas of how
to vanish lute tops (or not). How was it with
the old instruments? Were
Am Samstag, 13. Juni 2020 13:37 CEST, Jörg Hilbert
schrieb:
> Dear collected wisdom,
Hello Jörg,
> there are quite a lot of different ideas of how to vanish lute tops (or not).
> How was it with the old instruments? Were they always/sometimes/never
> vanished? What do we really know?
