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

[Carl Meyer]

David:  I was interested in powdered Rosin for another purpose.  I had the
bright idea that a little powdered resin on the back checks would improve
checking.   I finally found a baseball supply house that had powdered resin
in packages used by baseball pitchers.  They were in cloth bags.  I poured
the powder into a container and I have used it for brushing on backcheck
leather to improve the grip. I tried mixing it in alcohol and wiping it on
the hammer tail.
I don't know if it helps or not.  Just another dumb idea you can play around
with when you don't have any productive activity to keep you busy.

Regards

Carl Meyer


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Pin Driving Fluid (was:Re: Fw: Bridge caps)


>
> 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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