Clark Sprague wrote: > Hi, all. I am wondering if anyone who has plugged a pinblock will chime > in on this. I looked at the proposed victim today, and wondered about > this question: should I use a mixture of 3/8 and 1/2 inch plugs? The > low tenor, especially, seems that if you used 1/2 inch plugs, there > would be places where the glue lines would intersect with where the > adjacent tuning pin would go, or at least very close. Does this make > any difference? > Yes, 1/2" plugs will overlap. The plugs, when all inserted, will interlock. No, it's no problem. In fact, the interlocking may be an advantage if there is a possible problem with getting a 360° glue joint. This is part of the bi-chord bass section of a 1922 Krakauer. The original tuning pin holes couldn't even be drilled out to 1/2" w/o drilling into the next. ...and, no, that is not a trick shot. Some of them DO extend past the edge of the pin block. Yes, it was fun drilling those bi-chords. I felt that I had to favor the back of the hole and lessen the angle in that and part of the lower tenor section to avoid future side blowout,[like I found with the original] but it is currently being pounded on in a practice room and holding pitch quite well. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: MVC-011F.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 67636 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090210/8df59ee5/attachment-0001.jpe>
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