Pin-tite (was: weird "threaded" tuning pin)

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So why does it get the same shunning and scorn as the old "dope?" Is it a
legitimate fix, or not?

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

P.S. If there are any old dopes reading this: No offense meant.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott & Jason Jackson" <jurjens@tpg.com.au>
To: "PianoTech mailing list" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: Pin-tite (was: weird "threaded" tuning pin)


> I have no idea what is in Pin-tite, but Craig Brougher of
> www.player-care.com claims to know a thing or two:
>
> "Now comes Pin-Tite. It was formulated by a real live chemist who knew how
to do
> it. He ran years of experiments. I have spoken to his widow about it, and
the
> tests which were done to prove it. Her son today is a professional chemist
who
> supervises its manufacture and tests it. It doesn't rely on water
> retention/compression at all! It is made from the resins which come from
wood
> and a delivery system which allows the wood to _absorb_ it, NOT just
entrain it.
> That means, it is not simply a coating but an integral part of the pin
hole area
> which chemically reacts with cellulose, dries completely, and becomes a
> permanent part of the plank again. There is nothing in Pin-Tite that does
not
> come from wood. The resultant tuning is a restored plank, with that nice
little
> pin "jump" restored, just like Bruce Clark and others want to feel."
>
> Sounds like you could eat it! The complete text can be found at
> http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/199703/1997.03.08.13.html
>
> A list of other articles about Pin-tite can be found at:
> http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/KWIC/P/pin_tite.html
>
> Scott Jackson
> Jurjens Pianos
> Wollongong Australia
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, 13 January 2003 10:49
> Subject: RE: weird "threaded" tuning pin
>
>
> |
> | I sure wouldn't eat it - whatever it is. By the way, anyone know
(without
> | free-associative speculation) what it really is?
> |
> | Ron N
> |
>
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