Hi List, I just finished building and fitting a pinblock for a very old Knabe grand. It was one of the ones that has the tuning pins sloping forward towards the strings and makes a big curve from bass to treble at the same time. It took a long time to do it, but it turned out great. It fits much better than the original ever did, both to the plate web (it's not an open faced pinblock) and the plate flange. Finished up that part of the job last night, and picked up a check for it this afternoon (all agreed to and spelled out in detail earlier). It feels good. I've been doing a lot of tunings and basic service calls lately and truthfully, I've been getting kind of bored with that. So this was a shot in the arm. I'm not done yet though. I still have to make a soundboard and bridges for the same piano. It's actually the biggest one I've done, about 7'6", so I'm a bit excited to get into it. That's all. I just thought someone out there might want to know about it since I was asking for advice as to how to make that pinblock in the first place. If anyone wants more details, I'll be glad to post, publicly or privately. Best wishes to all, Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net
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