[pianotech] S&S K(52) Restoration

[Gene Nelson]

Thanks Terry

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On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>> For each insert, how did you go about setting them in place/adjusting the
>> height so that they fit snug against the inside of the plate in their final
>> resting place?
> 
> As I recall, I made the insert thick enough so that it did not protrude out from the face of the original pinblock. Then I simply used paper front rail punchings glued to the bottom of the insert to make the top face of the insert flush with the top face of the original pinblock. Worked just fine.
> 
>> Did you just make them flush with the original material that
>> you did not remove?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Did you epoxy under the inserts or just around the edges?
> 
> Under, inside, edges, sides, beneath, to and fro, around and in.  ;-)  Under and edges. Remember - West System two-step bonding method - only way to go for maximum adhesion.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> On Jun 12, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Gene Nelson wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Gene,
>> 
>> Yes, that is what I did. I do not have a better picture of it however. What
>> I did was simply rout out enough material around each of the outer-most
>> tuning pin holes in each section, but leaving all the original plate screw
>> holes. Made for inserts of rather interesting shapes. But I didn't worry so
>> much about getting a perfect fit for the inserts, rather I simply made sure
>> there was insert wood where all the tuning pin holes were and bonded the
>> inserts in place using the West System two-step bonding method (with West
>> System epoxy). The gaps were filled with epoxy thickened with West System
>> High Density Adhesive Filler.
>> 
>> Seems to have worked.
>> 
>> Terry Farrell
>> 
>> 
>> *** Thanks Terry,
>> For each insert, how did you go about setting them in place/adjusting the
>> height so that they fit snug against the inside of the plate in their final
>> resting place? Did you just make them flush with the original material that
>> you did not remove?
>> Did you epoxy under the inserts or just around the edges?
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
>