piano wire

[Carl Meyer]

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.
>
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