Careful with the powdered teflon!  Keep it at least a mile from your wheel.

Regards,
Leonard Williams
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On 12/1/09 2:05 PM, "Augusto de Ornellas Abreu" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> btw, about strings slipping and all
>  
> is it a good idea to use some teflon powder or a soft pencil on the nut, so
> that the string won't stick and jump while I tune it? I know violinists
> sometimes use powdered graphite (I don't know if you use that word in English
> - that's the stuff inside pencils) so that the string can slide freely on the
> nut...
>  
> Augusto
> Brazil
> 
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Barbara Currier <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Thanks, everybody, for all the advice. I think I'm finally getting somewhere.
>> 
>> I've been away from my computer for a while, in fact my PC laptop died. I'm
>> getting a new Macbook soon. It is amazing how internet dependent I've
>> become.  
>>  
>> All the best, 
>> 
>> Barbara


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