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Re: Bore burnishing

Author: Alseg
Date: 2006-08-19 13:54

http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarticle.pl?dir=handtools&file=articles_565.shtml

keep in mind that this WILL change acoustic properties to SOME extent, and that the final bore measurement must account for the act of burnishing.
In practice, I use a wood-on-wood technique.
This is NOT applicable to all woods....Burnishing works well on some woods and makes NO impact on others. I do NOT burnish Indonesian Rosewood but DO burnish Kingwood, Cocobolo, and mpingo.

Is it different today? I disagree. Selmers were highly burnished, Buffet less so....although I have seen Better burnishing on new Buffets than on some old ones.I have seen quality instruments of yesteryear with minimal burnishing (Some experts LIKE a coarser grain internally) and supersmooth ones in new horns.

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