[pianotech] Handling wire w/ talcum powder

lee innocent ljinno at googlemail.com
Mon Jan 12 06:25:51 PST 2009


John,
Where is do you buy the rosin, is it bow rosin?

2009/1/10 John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk>

> At 06:56 +0800 10/1/09, Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner wrote:
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> Talcum powder is the loose form of hydrated magnesium silicate, whereas
>> French Chalk is calcium carbonate.
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> Whiting, whitening, or line chalk as Ron describes it, is calcium
> carbonate.  French chalk is magnesium silicate whether in England or
> America, as the dictionaries and any search on Google will confirm.
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> JD
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