Pinblock transfer agent

[William R. Monroe]

'Tis the way it was described to me.  And, unless they are purposefully 
misrepresenting their methods, the new Ben Niles documentary, "Note by Note" 
(which follows the construction of a C&A piano), shows them fitting it just 
that way.

Perhaps it hasn't always been done that way?  I dunno.

William R. Monroe


> William  writes:
>
> << It is the reverse, Ed.
>
> The plate flange is "painted", lowered into place, and removed.  The
>
> blackened high-spots are then visible.>>
>
> Are you sure about that? Even though that is the way I have always done 
> it,
> I seem to remember seeing pinblocks in pianos at the factory that were 
> totally
> blackened before plate fitting, and I can guarantee that the plates I have
> taken out of Steinways were not touching 100% of the flange, even though 
> the
> entire front edge of the block was black.
> Wondering, still
>
> Ed Foote RPT