pin driving fluid

[Tom Robinson]

> Just because the tackiness of rosin is sufficient to move a violin string
> under light pressure, why would you think that difference in tackiness
> would be noticeable at 100 inch pounds of tuning pin torque. Actually, I
> said that it did make a difference in stringing. I already posted that it
> seems to lessen static friction between the pin and block, which makes the
> static friction closer to the sliding friction, which has the effect of
> lessening the tendency toward jumpy or snappy pins. It doesn't have a
> noticeable effect on sliding friction in a pinblock, which is what you seem
> to be getting at.
>
> Ron N

Hi Ron,

After reading this and your subsequent posts on this matter, I came to
understand more fully what was being said.  Thanks for steering me right.  I
sometimes forget the laws of relativitity.....

Tom Robinson
East Tennessee           -Sometimes I don't understand all I know.....