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TIME FOR BONES!

4/7/2017

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It is time to make the nuts and saddles from the stock of buffalo bone I have.  It is kind of a smelly job as sanding bone smells like burning fingernails. I use buffalo bone because it is harder than cow bone and therefore transmits sound vibration better.
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   I don't want to waste any of this buffalo bone, and this thick piece might make two saddles so I decided to saw it in half.
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Success,  Now I have two saddles,  maybe even four.  All this work with locally sourced buffalo bone takes a lot of effort but I think it makes my instruments sound just a tiny bit better.  


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Another benefit is the creation of this bone dust.  I collect it in store it in little bottles.  When combined with C.A. (super glue), it makes an incredibly hard and strong repair substance for instrument nuts.  If you wear a notch too deep into a nut, this combination of bone dust and CA glue will let you redo that nut.
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