I had the same idea when I noticed these boxes on the floor at the SF Ballet which contained this brown rosin stuff that the dancers stepped into before dancing. I figured there must be a use for this stuff. I thought maybe on the hammer tails but I never tried it... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/4/01 at 8:00 PM Carl Meyer wrote: >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 >> > >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >>
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