At 11:40 PM 05/20/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >What exactly is rosin made of? Inquiring minds etc. > > > >David I. > > >David, > >You can be thrown off by following the spelling "rosin" for that sounds >like an old girlfriend of mine. > >What they are really getting at is "resin", as from a pine tree..... a >non-conductor of electricity. It's what pitchers use in baseball (resin >bag)... to keep their hands dry. Now, how does that work in a pinblock? >Every bare-handed stringer should have a bag of resin to absorb >perspiration. Resin in itself will not aid in smooth tuning and cannot be >considered a pin driving fluid. It's much like chalk, it absorbs moisture. > >If resin was the least bit tacky, you can bet it would have been banned by >Major League Baseball. > >John Lillico, >SkyDome, Canada On the bag that I have is the term: Rosin Bag. Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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