pin driving fluid

[Jon Page]

At 11:40 PM 05/20/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >What exactly is rosin made of?  Inquiring minds etc.
> >
> >David I.
> >
>David,
>
>You can be thrown off by following the spelling "rosin" for that sounds 
>like an old girlfriend of mine.
>
>What they are really getting at is "resin", as from a pine tree..... a 
>non-conductor of electricity. It's what pitchers use in baseball (resin 
>bag)...  to keep their hands dry. Now, how does that work in a pinblock? 
>Every bare-handed stringer should have a bag of resin to absorb 
>perspiration. Resin in itself will not aid in smooth tuning and cannot be 
>considered a pin driving fluid. It's much like chalk, it absorbs moisture.
>
>If resin was the least bit tacky, you can bet it would have been banned by 
>Major League Baseball.
>
>John Lillico,
>SkyDome, Canada

On the bag that I have is the term: Rosin Bag.


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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