Dear Greg, Thanks for your experience with tuning pin tightener. I've always used it without resin. I first heard about resin here on the list, and have not tried adding it yet. The solution works fine without resin, just half alcohol and 1/2 glycerin, but of course who can say if it would have worked even better with resin? I'm still hoping that CA glue will render the whole discussion obsolete. I don't like the feeling of glycerin treated blocks -- too mushy. They usually can be tuned, which is the main thing, but I never liked the glycerin, and used it only from necessity. Yours, Susan -------------------------------------------------------------- At 02:49 AM 10/6/97 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 97-10-05 22:10:33 EDT, Susan Kline writes: > ><< The tuning pin tightener I've used is 1/2 alcohol, but the alcohol is not > what is doing the tightening. The tightening agent is glycerin. The alcohol > is only there to get the glycerin thin enough to wick into the pinblock, so > its dissipation is not a problem. >> > >Dear list: > >What about the powdered resin-you get it at the sporting goods store >(Batter's rosin) and you crush it into a fine powder and mix it in with the >denatured alcohol and glycerin. I thought THAT was the ingredient that helps >for regaining friction? Am I wrong on this one? I have used this mix for >years and it works really well, though obviously not the preferred repair. >For the old uprights and cheap spinets it is a miracle cure. And I know a few >tech's that have even used it on Steinways (E-GADS!!) :-) With excellent >results obtained for many years so the customer could save up for that nice >rebuild with a new pinblock.....Just my 2 cents.... > >Greg Torres >Tunapiana@aol.com > ------------------------- Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "I'm glad there are at least some things somewhere that I don't have to do today." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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