Open Face Pinblock Building

[gordon stelter]

Mine is a an 1899 52" upright with plenty of neat
features not found on many of the more well-known
makes. Excellent action, too! ( I can play it for
hours with no apparent ill effects. )
     Thump


--- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote:

> 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 ??? 
> >      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?
> > 
> >      Thump
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > Terry Farrell
> > > 
> > > P.S. Operators are standing by for your order!  
;-)



		
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