Jeff, If you don't "feel comfortable" replacing this block, don't. Since this piano is in the "public eye" everyone that happens by will have an opinion about it, and anything less than perfection will damage your reputation. Why not send it out to one of the heavy hitters like Del Fandrich or Cliff Geers or Ralph Onesti? (This is not a commercial - I don't have a favorite - and their are certainly many other very compitent rebuilders.) Most rebuilders market to another tech with enough discount for you to add some markup. More importantly, you can go to the city council with the statement that your recommendation is to call in an expert whose only business is major rebuilding due to the specific nature of this rare piano. I realize there is a logistics problem with shipping to the U.S. from "down under" but again, that's a lot easier to overcome than staking your reputation on something you've never done! It makes you look like a hero because you selflessly had their best interest at heart, you make your markup for being the intermediary, and you still get to keep the work that you do best, like tuning and concert prep. Just a thought . . . Danny Moore Houston Chapter Jeff Adams wrote: > I came across a 6'6" Bechstein of this vintage (#63955) in a > local hall a few weeks back. > > I have never replaced a pinblock and although I feel ready to replace > a > `standard' one, I don't feel overly comfortable about replacing one as > Bob > described in his articles. Should I resting with oversize pins or > install > a `floating' block? Or, should I prepare myself to the max and follow > > Bob's procedure?
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