RE: Sweaty fingertips.

2005-06-06 Thread Herbert Ward
> temperature, anything after that is cool by > comparison. lateral thinking? Thanks. Sounds plausible enough to me. Perhaps some "swollen shut" effect on the outlet ducts of the sweat glands, or fatigue effect on the heat sensors. > soaked his hands in warm water before a performance. Whe

RE: Sweaty fingertips.

2005-06-06 Thread Herbert Ward
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. On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, timothy motz wrote: > ... After filing I use a lubricant like bag balm > or Aquaphor to keep the skin supple. ... To ge

RE: Sweaty fingertips.

2005-06-06 Thread bill kilpatrick
herb - i picked this up from a film called "32 Short Films About Glen Gould" in which the actor playing him soaked his hands in warm water before a performance. i assume gould did as well. i tried this for better fluidity and finger dexterity but found that my fingers (didn't notice the tips espe

RE: Sweaty fingertips.

2005-06-06 Thread timothy motz
of your fingertip from the string. Tim > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: RE: Sweaty fingertips. >Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:03:13 -0500 (CDT) > >> >>Sometimes, presumeably due to sweat, my left fingertip