Ric B answered everything except your last question. The tool is made of steel. I forget it's exact dimensions, but they are whatever Bill Spurlock recommended in his article. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> Date: Saturday, December 4, 2004 10:37 am Subject: Re: balance rail holes > Simple tool really, and I am really glad Terry brought it too my > attention > on the list a few months back. You are correct in your > guesstimation about > its use. At least thats very much like what I do with it. I use a > balance > pin to allign the jig to the balance pin hole, then lightly tap to > make my > indentations. After that its just to replace the material, however > you do > that, and redrill the balance pin hole. I mark the hole and use a > drill > press myself. I like to also make sure the inside of the key has > plenty of > room for the balance pin for and aft when I've removed the > material I am > going to replace. Its really suprising how many times you run into > keys that > bind on the balance rail pin. > > Cheers > RicB > > David Love wrote: > > > I haven’t read that article but I presume the tool is used to > locate the > > hole before you use the router to remove the material. Then you > use the > > indentations in the wood to relocate and mark the hole for > drilling > > after you have the insert glued in place? Do you drill the new > balance > > rail hole in the key by drilling right through the hole in the > tool with > > a hand held? Or do you mark and drill. What is the tool made > of, btw. > > > > > > > > David Love > > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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