Removing Plate

[Newton Hunt]

Depends upon the make of the piano.  If you wish to make sure the plate
and pinblock go back exactly drill a 1/16" hole through the plate into
the pinblock, one in the treble and one in the bass.  Using a nail or
similar object you can be assured that the plate / pinblock relationship
is presicely the same.  You can drill two holes through the plate around
the rim bolts to align the plate to the rim and bridges.  Usually
technicians use tuning pins for this purpose.

Once these holes are drilled, have no fear about drilling holes in the
plate, after all, the manufacturer drill several hundred of them in the
plate themselves, you can remove the plate and the block with no fear of
not being able to relocate them.

	Newton