I wonder what happens when you get to the point of drilling out the Steinway plate to accept plate bushings and the holes in the lower middle start to overlap one another? Are all Steinways of the same model (in the older ones you would be doing this to) have their plate holes drilled in exactly the same place so you could say one model you can do this but another model you could not? I know everything I have read on this list, techs use the bushings as a guide to drill the holes in the block. That drills out the bushing to the same diameter as the pin hole in the block. It seems to me that drilling through the bushing would cause many of them to just spin right out. I used to (it has been since 1986 when I replaced my last block) have a brad point punch to mark the center of the hole through the plate marking the block and then drilling the holes with the drill press. The last thing I would do before begin stringing would be to insert the bushings and driving them (the pins) through the into the block. This is how I was taught in the 60's and never even read about drilling through the bushing till reading the journal and on this list. Is there a consensus on which way is the best? James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "I am a better tuner now than ever before"
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