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Old 08-02-2014, 02:47 PM   #10
badbriar
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Default Re: Why do some cellos turn brown?

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Originally Posted by T.G View Post
They weren't listed in any particular order, but you want to get technical about it, age is actually a culmination of many of the other factors combined.

I once turned a pile of used but still clear cello to a dark amber resembling cello found on cigars 10-15 years old in a matter of just a few weeks just by sealing them in a tupperware with a ramekin of ammonia and setting the tupperware where it would be exposed to some heat.
Would have said age and chemistry over time, but Adam blew that right out of the water!
At any rate, at one of my favorite local B&M's, people have been known to dig for those 'toned' wrapper sticks!
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