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Post by Dick Glasgow on Sept 28, 2007 8:39:21 GMT 1
Hmmmmm interesting. What colour does it change to, green perhaps like brass, or does it just go dull?
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gypsy
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Post by gypsy on Oct 1, 2007 4:18:00 GMT 1
it gets (and this is the technical term) a yickety brown. not terrible, just unremarkable. I have a beauteous paduak box that i steel wool each year, and it makes it bright red again. funny wood
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docterry
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Post by docterry on Feb 22, 2008 6:39:48 GMT 1
I too like the Lee Spears hammers...if only I didn't ruin the pads on all six sets I have  I have to learn not to play SO Enthusiatically!! I have both the "Ebony" hammers which are a bit heavier, but resonate beautifully, and well as his lighter and softer "Blond" hammers. I have written to Lee about obtaining more leather to glue back onto these poor abused hammers. I have also dipped hammers in "tool handle rubber" , a liquid yellow or red rubber compound used to cover tool grips, Quite an unusual sound, very muted..and dampens the sustain a bit too. I did this with the set I got with my Folkcraft 15/16. The aluminum hammers I got from Donna Missigman near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania are fabulous for ragtime... Lastly our mentor Paul Van Arsdale used to use Hacksaw Blades filed down as hammers...I wonder how they sounded ? Docterry |
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Post by Dick Glasgow on Feb 22, 2008 19:34:52 GMT 1
Docterry wrote:Hmmmm that sounds a lot like the old Bodhran quote over here: Q ~ What's the best way to play a Bodhran? A ~ With a sharp knife!  Cheers Dick
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I have to learn not to play SO Enthusiatically!! I have both the "Ebony" hammers which are a bit heavier, but resonate beautifully, and well as his lighter and softer "Blond" hammers. I have written to Lee about obtaining more leather to glue back onto these poor abused hammers.