[Trombone-l] king laquer?

[Stan Brager]

Chris;

Have you been inhaling those fumes again? I know you don't do it on
purpose... but it happens so many times ;).

Stan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Tune" <crtune at adelphia.net>
To: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>; <swan325 at earthlink.net>; "Bone
List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] king laquer?


> That's funny. . .my hair (the stuff remaining on the
> non-male-patterned-baldness parts) has gotten darker with years and
exposure
> to the sun. . .but most of my skin is still that semi-transparent "pink".
.
> .redneck kinda stuff that you BETTER NOT expose to the sun.
>
> I probably don't look anywhere near as horrible as the explanation above
> makes it sound. . .at least some people SAY I look alright.  Now I'm
> beginning to wonder. . .
>
> Oh! and incidentally, I'm probably a bit odd in the sense that I LIKE
> lacquer.  I think it is really cool and I haven't really felt a PROFOUND
> difference when and if the lacquer has been stripped.
>
> Maybe I'll try stripping the lacquer (an obvious relacquer over an overly
> buffed looking brass) on the old 1940's 1950's vintage King 2B bell I've
> got.  The bell has the engraving somewhat obscured by either heavy buffing
> or heavy lacquering or both.  The thing doesn't play very well either.  I
> think it is because of the above mentioned messing with the bell.    Maybe
> this would be a good opportunity to get the lacquer stripped and to have
> some work done on the bell section.
>
> Chris
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
> To: <swan325 at earthlink.net>; "Bone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 1:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] king laquer?
>
>
> > So do I.
> >
> > Stan
> > Stan Brager
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Eric & Candice Swanson" <swan325 at earthlink.net>
> > To: "Bone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] king laquer?
> >
> >
> >> Chris Tune wrote:
> >>
> >> >Anyway, I think the thing we're trying to figure out is whether the
gold
> >> >tone is a dye added to the coating or whether it is due to a change
> > induced
> >> >by some environmental or time based process.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Both.  It gets darker with age and exposure to the sun.
> >>
> >> Eric Swanson
> >>
> >>
> >
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