tuning pins

[Bigeartb@AOL.COM]

Dear List;
I've read with interest the discussion of products in use for new tuning pins 
in new pin blocks. For 25 years I have shellaced the new pin block to protect 
it from the environment....drilled the tuning pin holes @ 7%....and here it 
is....use Johnson's Baby Powder on the tuning pins...After many years of 
installing pin blocks in this manner, I have found the torque to remain good, 
pins don't jump...the baby powder protects the pins from grease and salt and 
therefore helps protect them from rust...and just as important....it really 
smells good. When finished....just blow off the excess with an air hose. For 
all you guys with "high tech" suggestions.......sorry....it works.

Tommy Black
Birmingham, Alabama Chapter