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<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=2>Love what you are saying saying but =
its too hard
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800080>Tony Caught
ICPTG<BR>Australia<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:caute@optusnet.com.au">caute@optusnet.com.au</A></FONT></D=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net"
title=joegarrett@earthlink.net>Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 05, 2001 =
2:23
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Pin Driving =
Fluid</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Several years ago, I did some tests =
on "Pin
Driving Fluid". I used an old 5 ply scrap of pinblock, similar to =
Bolduc
stock. On several I intentionally drilled way undersize, drilling two =
holes of
each size, (I use English, Letter and Metric bits. Chart available on
request.) I swabbed one of the holes with "Phenolic Varnish", from =
Rodda Paint
and left the other hole dry. I sized the tuning pins with a micrometer =
to
ascertain exactness. I then drove the pins to the height they would =
normally
be if in an "exposed" pin block. Then I waited an hour. After the =
hour, I took
my trusty Inch Pound Torque Wrench and attempted to measure the lot. I =
found
that ALL of the pins that were swabbed with the "Pin Driving Fluid" =
were
consistantly smoother. Also, they had less propensity(?) to "pop" and =
had a
lower torque than those driven "dry". Several of the "dry" pins =
actually
broke(!), where the pins with "PDF", in the same size holes, DID NOT! =
Needless
to say, I have been using Pin Driving Fluid, religously, since. Hope =
this
helps. By the way the "Phenolic Varnish" "#1067-S1", from Rhodda =
Paints, does
not have the added "Driers" in it that regualr "Spar Varnish" does. I =
found
this out by furnishing a sample of my last bottle of Trefz Pin Driving =
Fluid,
for analysis by Rhodda's chemist. It's my opinion that regular Spar =
Varnish,
although "less bad" than driving "dry", it does not do the job as well =
and
I've found that poppy pins are more prevalent.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
(Oregon)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>