Newton, Thanks for the good ideas, and the cautions. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net> To: Mike and Jane Spalding <mjbkspal@execpc.com>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Pinblock too low > I think I would get some help and put the piano on saw horses, > up-side-down. I get nauseous just thinking of working in it's current, > position. > > I would use my power planer to remove as much material as needed, > probing carefully for tuning pin ends and use a very short punch and > heavy hammer to drive the pins upward. My planer has a bag to hold dust > but I would think about covering the underside of the strings and have > some compressed air ready to finish the job. (When the customer is not > there of course) > > I would like to check the plate height, bearing, crown and try to > determine why the block is so low. Did the "other person" leave out > some shims or was the shelves cut down? > > If the plate has been lowered it may be best to back out of a job like > this. :( > > Look this project over carefully before you commit to doing the job and > double the time you think it will take to cut the block down. You can > always give some back but it is hard to ask for more. > > Newton > >
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