Originally Posted by
Martin Siebert
Thank you sir, I kind of thought it might have been used for old furniture or new stuff trying to be traditional. I never knew or thought it was used on instruments. Makes me wonder if it was used on old violins and if it might have attributed something to the sound quality.
Finish absolutely has an effect on tone-woods and makers always have had to be very careful about that. Shellac is almost an ideal finish because of it's nature as an evaporative product which can be put on in very, very thin coats that then become one single layer.
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