You mean mezzo-thermo-nucleur stabilizer don't you? Wait a minute, it doesn't have a Storytone soundboard does it!? :-) Will -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:28 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] composite pinblock- Drill bit size Yeah, but that is not just any ordinary mahogany pinblock - it's a mezo-thermalized-stabilized-tropicalized mahogany pinblock!!! Fortunately, I still service this piano and will likely for some time to come! :-) (It's a frickin' dream - thanks Del Fandrich for the design work!!!) Terry Farrell On Sep 30, 2010, at 5:42 PM, William Truitt wrote: > I can just hear the tuner who comes in behind you. "What a shlub > this guy > is, he put in a cheap0 mahogany pinblock!!!" > > Will Truitt > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of Terry Farrell > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 12:17 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] composite pinblock- Drill bit size > > IMHO Ron Nossaman's advice on drilling a bunch of test holes is spot > on - I > always do that with every block. The first time you drill a > different type > of block you'll be drilling more test holes. Drill bits get dull, > drill > chucks have different amounts of run-out, different techs will use > different > feed rates, etc., etc. > > If you are doing an open pinblock, are you putting a nice veneer of > hard > hardwood on the upper face? You can really make that area pretty if > you do. > > Below is a picture of an open pinblock made of multilam maple, an 8 mm > Delignit pinblock cap and about a 1 mm veneer of some a South American > tropical hardwood called Jatoba. Jatoba looks a lot like mahogany > (that's > what the piano case was) and is extremely hard (figured that would > work well > on the pinblock top. Jatoba has a Janka hardness rating of 2350 - > whereas > hard maple has a janka hardness rating of 1450. > > >
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