I'm headed to Kroger to get a box of 20 Muleteam Borax and rub on my Gilchrists RIGHT NOW... Tater
On Jan 23, 9:13 am, Dasspunk <[email protected]> wrote: > Joseph Nagyvary, a professor emeritus of biochemistry at Texas A&M > University, has spent 33 years trying to prove his theory that > chemicals used on the instruments are responsible for the distinctive > sounds of the violins, the university reported. > > Tests showed numerous chemicals in the wood, including borax, > fluorides, chromium and iron salts. > > "The presence of these chemicals all points to collaboration between > the violin makers and the local drugstore and druggist at the time," > Nagyvary said Thursday in a release. "Their probable intent was to > treat the wood for preservation purposes. Both Stradivari and Guarneri > would have wanted to treat their violins to prevent worms from eating > away the wood because worm infestations were very widespread at that > time." > > http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/01/22/Secrets_of_Stradivarius_vi... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
