Open Face Pinblock Building

[Terry]

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Thank you!

What kind of Everett do you have? I own a 1900 5' 4" (or so) Everett =
grand with an open-pinblock that  I'd like to remanufacture someday.

Can you state specifically what made these great old blocks tick?

No. Other than string coils low on the pin. And maybe 1/0 pins.

Terry Farrell


> That's really gorgeous work, Terry! As I was tuning my
> open-faced Everett this weekend I marvelled at how
> many open faced blocks are smoother, more uniform, and
> still tighter than their contemporaneous covered
> brethren. Why? Betterwood? Better woodworking?
> Seasoning ? The fact they were varnished ???=20
>      I wondered if the fact that covered blocks became
> the fashion encouraged manufacturers to think that
> they could get away with making them more cheaply ?
> Can you state specifically what made these great old
> blocks tick?
>=20
>      Thump
> >=20
> > I am in the process of remanufacturing a Knabe 6' 4"
> > grand. It has an open pinblock configuration. I've
> > made a few of my own quarter-sawn hard-maple
> > pinblocks, but Ron Nossaman (thank you) turned me on
> > to the idea of using a relatively inexpensive
> > Pianotek multi-lam hard maple pinblock (rotary sawn)
> > and capping it with Delignit. One can either use
> > Delignit pinblock material or their bridge-capping
> > material (thinner laminations). I have capped this
> > multi-lam pinblock with a 5 mm cap of Delignit
> > bridge-capping material (laminations 2 through 6).
> > The top lamination (1 mm max) is a veneer of Jatoba
> > - a South American hardwood that has a hardness
> > approximately twice that of hard maple. It doesn't
> > show well in the picture, but it is very pretty wood
> > and looks like a cross between rosewood and
> > mahogany.
> >=20
> > Terry Farrell
> >=20
> > P.S. Operators are standing by for your order!   ;-)
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