MH BB Pinblock

[Fenton Murray]

Don't make fun of me, Terry. Ron doesn't do that any more, don't you start. 
Don't you get blasphemous on me. I'll come out to that Disney World tourist 
trap, swamp infested, alligator ridding hole you call a state and put you on 
a stretcher. ()":,<>)
Fenton
> not the stretcher (which I see no benefit to), on reassembly.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: MH BB Pinblock


>I disagree with Ron's recommendation to not glue the pinblock to the 
>stretcher. This is a very important step to stabilize the entire case 
>structure. You need to glue the stretcher to the pinblock so that the 
>stretcher does not fall off. And being that the stretcher is a very heavy 
>duty 1 x 3 piece of  poplar (or did some manufacturer actually put a little 
>piece of hard maple in there?) on most pianos, it is integral to keeping 
>the sides of the piano case in place. It's your basic knee-bone is 
>connected to the leg-bone relationship - just like the circle of sound - if 
>the pinblock is not secured to the stetcher, the stretcher call fall off 
>and then the case sides will fall off - or at least rattle a lot - or at 
>least the sound will leak out. Maybe the sound that travels through the 
>pinblock "reflects" off the stetcher and back into the pinblock and back 
>into the strings.....
>
> And maybe it's WAY too early in the morning. I'm going back to bed...... 
> ;-)
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fenton Murray" <fmurray at cruzio.com>
>
>> but
>>> not the stretcher (which I see no benefit to), on reassembly.
>> Ron,
>> Why do you say that?
>> Fenton
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