>>Hmm. You may have something here. It would be >funny if
>my sticking fingers were because I'd overzealously >scrubbed
>all the natural oil out of my skin
A little bow resin on the tips works wonders.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad McAnally" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re:Sweat Fingertips
> >>Hmm. You may have something here. It would be funny if
> my sticking fingers were because I'd overzealously scrubbed
> all the natural oil out of my skin.<<<
>
> I found this to be the case. If I wash my hands too compulsively my
fingers grip too much in humid weather and slip terribly in very dry
weather. It is bad enough on lute, but the effect is even worse on the early
harps, where slippery fingers make playing and damping much harder. I
switched hand soaps to one of the more "natural" soaps, i.e. devoid of the
harsh chemicals, and this helped a great deal.
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