At 04:40 PM 4/5/97 -0500, you wrote: Sam, I use the Garfield Pin Block Restorer as a lube when installing new pins in old blocks. In our climate, it's a big help against the dryness. For lube, I only thin it down about 25% (w/methanol). 50% for pin tightening. > >I am about to restring a Chickering grand. The block is good, and I intend to >use 4/0 pins. I was set to ream for new pins, when I noticed the holes are >tapered so as to get tighter the further down you drive them. The reamer I >have, a spoon bit, would eliminate that taper. Something I hesitate to do. >But the real question is this: I have heard that a bit of rosin on each pin >goes along way to eliminating creaky or jumpy pins. Does anyone know what >kind of rosin to use, and where to get it? I would also appreciate an opinion >on the benefit or detriment of reaming these tapered holes. Much appreciated. >Regards, Sam Grossner, chicago. > > Guy Nichols, RPT nicho@lascruces.com "You see, my piano is for me, what a ship is to a sailor; more indeed: it is my very self, my mother tongue, my life." Franz Liszt
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