That's interesting, Don. Thanks. I have a 20 oz. container of Walgreens baby powder in my shop that lists the ingredients as talc and fragrance. It has a price on it of $1.99. And you know what? I may have had it for a dozen years or more. Shows how much I use it. It's still almost full. Corn starch may be good since I like grits a lot. Then If I get hungry I can sniff the stuff. Regards Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Rose" <drpt@sk.sympatico.ca> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:34 PM Subject: Re: piano wire > Hi Carl, > > I think you may find that "baby powder" has been cornstarch for some dozen > years. There was a great asbestos scare and natural talc is usually > contaminated with it. > > At 05:23 PM 12/28/2001 -0800, you wrote: > > > >Question: Where do you get unscented talc? You gotta admit the baby powder > >smells good. > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > mailto:drpt@sk.sympatico.ca > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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