Well for one thing, the openness of the pinblock kept the disgusting dirt and grime to a minimum thus limiting contamination. This of course kept primordial slime from getting into the pinblock and more importantly anywhere near the technicians' hands...;-] David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:17:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Open Face Pinblock Building >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 >--- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote: >> FWIW, my latest creation: >> >> >> >> 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! ;-) > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? >http://my.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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