Delignet Pinblocks

[Joe And Penny Goss]

When the screws turn toooooo tight use a sharp chisel to drive the screw in.
This will sometimes prevent breakage. After breaking a few you should get
the feel for when they are going to sheer off (O:((
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks


> David:...."Trying to get the pinblock screws out of the piano turned out
to
> be quite
> an ordeal.  They were completely frozen in the block and two of the longer
> screws (at the struts) sheared off.  Is this typical behavior for Delignit
> blocks?  Though I am going to replace the block, I have another question.
> Were I to reuse a Delignit block, what is the best way to approach the
next
> tuning pin size.  These were 2/0 and were fairly tight, though quite
> corroded."
>
> I would say this is not typical of Delignet. I think the clue is in your
> statement about the tuning pins......."quite corroded"! However, as I said
> in a recent post, I always "cut" the threads into pre-drilled pilot holes.
> Delignet is bit less forgiving of screws and such, IMO. Also, the person
> that replaced that block might have done something to make it impossible
to
> remove the screws.
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
>
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