Lots of good advise here!......however...... I just use really nice leather work gloves. I still have good dexterity and they last for many stringing jobs. Why put more crap on your hands than you need to? The digging of the strings on your fingers won't make you sore either! Best. Paul John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 01/09/2009 01:57 PM Please respond to pianotech at ptg.org To pianotech at ptg.org cc Subject Re: [pianotech] Handling wire w/ talcum powder At 12:46 -0600 9/1/09, Ron Nossaman wrote: >>...I would not put sticky rosin all over my hands... :^) >> >>Jurgen Goering > >...Chalk line chalk is better for that, and rosin is best. Agreed. I switched from chalk to rosin in about 1980 and it gives a very good feel to the pins. I use lumps of resin, not powdered resin, but certainly you do get sticky hands and need to wash every octave or so, but that's a small price to pay. JD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090109/3f22a448/attachment.html>
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