It's a wedge issue. Paul In a message dated 1/9/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Central Standard Time, davidlovepianos at comcast.net writes: That would be my pitching. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 4:49 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] talcum And you can practice your chipping when you have the piano strung... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 1/9/2009 4:45:00 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] talcum >I use a leather golf glove on my left hand which is the only hand that >touches the wire--my right hand handles only tools. The golf glove (you can >buy cheap ones in bulk) protects the wire from the oils in your hands >without having to dip them in talc. It also protects the thumb from wear >and tear when winding the wire onto the tuning pins. During breaks I can >practice my chipping. >David Love >www.davidlovepianos.com >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of A440A at aol.com >Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:29 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] talcum >Hmm, ><< Talcum, Talc, French Chalk are all Magnesuim Silicate. >Chalk is a type of limestone, a form of calcium carbonate. >Blackboard chalk, confusingly, tends to be made from calcium sulfate. >> >I have used talc for years. This is USP Talc, from Mallinckrodt chemical >company. I got a pound from the druggist in 1976 and have almost used it up >in a >career of stringing. It was taught that way at North Bennett, to use >unscented talcum powder to avoid the perfume oils. I thought that was >stretching it, >but I have never had a jumpy pin or tuning difficulty with the many blocks I >tune where I used this to string with. It keeps the hands from staining >the >wire. >Regards, > >Ed Foote RPT >http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See >yours >in just 2 easy steps! >(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=ht >t >p://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26h >mpgID=62%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO62) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090110/78914192/attachment.html>
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