Lip irritation - Page 2

Vulgano Brother · 05-01-2007, 11:42 PM

If memory serves, baroque trumpeters used saltpeter to "leatherize" their lips. Perhaps used judiciously, you might be able to toughen up the sore spot by that route.

crowmadic · 05-02-2007, 07:59 AM

Vulgano,
This sounds like my father's story about sending a new army recruit for a pail of steam.............

05-01-2007, 11:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Vulgano Brother Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,232	Re: Lip irritation If memory serves, baroque trumpeters used saltpeter to "leatherize" their lips. Perhaps used judiciously, you might be able to toughen up the sore spot by that route. __________________ "A tool good enough to be so used and not too good" C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength www.letsbuildhope.org

05-02-2007, 07:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
crowmadic Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 538	Re: Lip irritation Vulgano, This sounds like my father's story about sending a new army recruit for a pail of steam.............

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