I put my pins into a half full ice-cream container containing the same powder you put on your babies butt. It has the dual purpose of helping lubricating the pins and keeping my hands free from sweat. Plus it also makes the job smell nice ;-))) Robin Stevens -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2007 1:26 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Counter-bearing drag > People who claim they don't have sweaty hands are kidding > themselves -- it's just a question of degree, and nothing will cause > tarnishing and rusting faster than the salt. > > JD My hands are extremely dry, meaning I spend winters taping up split and generally delaminating fingers. Since putting on gloves would guarantee sweat, which would soak through cotton, and be immediately on the string when the vinyl glove breaks through, I don't use them. I scrub up before starting, and dust up with powdered rosin, sprinkling some in the box of pins for automatic in-flight replenishment. Works for me. Ron N
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