In a message dated 9/14/99 7:26:09 PM Central Daylight Time, caccola@net1plus.com writes: << The pinblock is metal - for each section there are plates screwed onto the plate. The pins do not protrude from the back; there is no wood reenforcement behind the pinblock and there are no backposts. Both the soundboard grain and the ribs are angled, but there is one central rib which is double the width of the others. It looks to be from the 1880's, with nice finish and veneer but is fairly plain. I'd appreciate any leads. Clark >> I don't know if it will help but in the 1930's Wurlitzer made some grands without a pinblock. Just a plate with tuning pins which had slots in their bottoms and wedges driven in. Andrew Remillard
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