Pin Driving Fluid (was:Re: Fw: Bridge caps)

[David Love]

Richard:  I have in the past used powdered violin bow rosin.  I usually 
dusted the hole with a q-tip--very small amount.  I think I first read about 
it in Travis' book on restringing.  In all honesty, it was hard to tell if 
there was a real benefit.  It didn't seem to create any problems though.

David Love

>From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Pin Driving Fluid (was:Re: Fw: Bridge caps)
>Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 23:25:01 +0200
>
>No end of things you hear that dont add completely up... I have
>heard on several occasions that  this was one of the things some
>of the European factories used to do to make the pins tighter,
>but the down side was that it made the pins tend to jumpiness
>after a few seasons.
>
>what kind of rosin exactly ? (grin.. now tell me there is only
>one kind of rosin)
>
> >> Jon Page wrote:
> >>
> >> > I use powdered rosin for tuning pins.
> >> >
> >> > Jon Page
> >>
> >> Isnt that supposed to be one of the causes of jerky pins ??
> >> Richard Brekne
> >
> > No. Yesterday, I tuned a grand which had a new block installed
> > last year and it was as smooth as silk.
> >
> >
> > Jon Page,   piano technician
> > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> > mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
> > http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>--
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway
>mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
>

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