Plugs

[Jon Page]

At 06:25 PM 3/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Don't forget to saw a slot in the plug, so you don't get an air lock.
>I used a good quality carpenter's yellow glue, and had no trouble, on an
>older Bechstein with a split pinblock. There was just a section of about
>eight pins, and it enabled the unit to be functional for a few more
>years.
>John M. Ross

I have a Bechstein in my shop now which someone had plugged ten years
ago. Everything pulled towards the flange. It seems the block was delaminated
and the plugs were not support enough for the strain. Had epoxy been applied 
to solidify the layers the plugs probably would have lasted.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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