<HTML>In a message dated 1/3/03 10:49:40 AM Central Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It's a fascinating instrument</BLOCKQUOTE> I put a new pin block in one about 10 years ago. It wasn't a difficult job, but surely not an ordinary one. If I recall, the pin block is in two section, a treble and a bass. It is only about 1" thick, so I had to get the shortest tuning pins available. As Fred said, it tuned up quite nice. The customer for whom I did the work had me tune the piano on a regular basis, (once a year), although it probably could have used two or maybe even three tunings a year. She actually bought it from someone who asked me to tune it about a year earlier. But I told her that the piano was untuneable because of the bad pin block. I can't remember what the current owner paid for the piano, but even with the repair, she wound up with a very nice little instrument for a reasonable cost. Wim </HTML>