Yes, I believe it was a concoction of organic shellac, crushed gems and afterbirth.... I've been having these dreams....Joseph E. Smith wrote:Strad used a secret concoction of resins and what not designed speciffically for his fiddles. He took that recipe to the grave with him.
Gregory, you failed to note my next parenthetical remark and call me age-ist as well. For the record, 1960 is the year of my birth. If you look at any of my previous posts, or even read further into this post you'd notice that the first person I criticise at any time is myself. I am, in fact, harder on myself than anyone else could be!gregorygraham wrote:Wgority, what's with the gratuitous Canada bashing? "That's my 2 cents worth (or $3.58 Canadian)"
I get really upset here in Canada when Canadians gratuitously bash Americans, which is rapidly displacing hockey as the national pastime, but it is no better the other way round. Forgive me if I am overly sensitive.
I second that totally.brianc wrote:[...]
To me, a nice patina adds character. And besides, things like UPs that are built to work correctly shouldn't be taken apart and polished and the like... it's too much risk in something not going back together correctly, and then where are you?
Joseph E. Smith wrote:Look you two, if you can't say anything nice to each other, then make it really deep and cutting.
Nobody's bashing anyone, and let's not start.
Thanks
JES
looking of the instrument kind of "warm". Or full of
... oooooo, where there's Oreo crumbs, there's milk stains too.brianc wrote:Probably Oreos.glands wrote:And....The Holy Order has acquired an interesting patina composed of a few wine stains as well as crumbs of some sort of wafer, too!(except fer you D'Arcy...you just keep looking green and moldy)
Yeah? I've been one of those violin technicians and what you're saying is just plain nutty, simply put! What you're probably thinking of is the glue used to hold the violin top to the ribs. It's a glue weaker than wood so the instrument can be taken apart without splitting the wood.djm wrote:Any violin repair technician will tell you that the varnishes used on violins are designed to come off easily for re-application. Violins are frequently revarnished.Not only does it preserve the instrument, but there are many who argue that it has a significant effect on the sound of the violin to have a well-applied and maintained varnish coat.
That's a whole different matter. The build of rosin on the violin top would be a little bit like wiping some super glue over one side of your reed. Now put some super glue on your lips, both lips, and typing fingers too!djm wrote:As Joseph notes, keeping the rosin dust cleaned off also helps preserve the varnish coat.
This was the reason for my earlier post about it. They are still trying to figure out his recipe, to the best of my knowledge.Jim McGuire wrote:Violins hopefully use glue that allow it to be worked on in the future. The deal with varnish is that they are still trying to figure out what makes a Strad sound like a Strad and the varnish emerges as a candidate. They have looked at Strads under ultraviolet light to see if the original varnish is still there - they can tell if it has been re-varnished.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1129/p17s1-stgn.html
http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/13/4/8
