In your message dated Thursday 13, July 1995 you wrote : > On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Barrie Heaton wrote: > > > I personally store my center pins in a 50/50 dry powder graphite > > and baby powder mixture, (the stuff you put on babies bums) this > > allows me to have a tighter fit in the wood and the bushing and > > still alow the center to move freely I uses to just use 100% > > graphite but this was messy and difficult to get of your hands. > > Aren't you concerned about all of that extra garbage (perfumes and such) > in the baby powder causing squeaks in the action centers? Perhaps you > mean pure talc powder? (Unadulterated.) > > How does your "solution" make for a tighter fit? > > Ron Torrella > School of Music ** STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY ** > University of Illinois > > > Dear Ron as I have only using talc in my mixture for approximately six months I have not came across this problem yet time will tell as for the second part of you query graphite is a form of lubricant thus so enabling you to push the center through the wood more ease, thus allowing you to use a tighter fitting pin in the wood. the busing will require less reaming for the same reason. I have been useing graphite since 1980 with no problems Hope this answers your question. You wrote: >Personally, since I have the rare luxury of picking and >choosing who will be my clients, I would just as soon not >have to contend with customers who have hearing problems >severe enough to call into question my abilities as a tuner. >I have yet <knocking on wood> to encounter Ron Torrella School of Music ** STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY ** University of Illinois Ron, why is it a rare luxury?. is there a regenal variation in pricing for tuning. In England there in a north south deived 25 north 35 south for tuning, rising for pitches. Why do you nead ** STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY ** whot are all you frightened of? :-) :-) thanks Barrie Heaton MABPT MIMIT England.
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