> Just because the tackiness of rosin is sufficient to move a violin string > under light pressure, why would you think that difference in tackiness > would be noticeable at 100 inch pounds of tuning pin torque. Actually, I > said that it did make a difference in stringing. I already posted that it > seems to lessen static friction between the pin and block, which makes the > static friction closer to the sliding friction, which has the effect of > lessening the tendency toward jumpy or snappy pins. It doesn't have a > noticeable effect on sliding friction in a pinblock, which is what you seem > to be getting at. > > Ron N Hi Ron, After reading this and your subsequent posts on this matter, I came to understand more fully what was being said. Thanks for steering me right. I sometimes forget the laws of relativitity..... Tom Robinson East Tennessee -Sometimes I don't understand all I know.....
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