Yamaha pinblock

[R. Goodale]

Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
> 
> There probably is an easier way. We noticed the strecher is attached to the
> side of the piano with an L bracket, held in place with four screws. If we
> wanted to, these screws could be removed, and the stretcher and pin block
> could be removed in one piece. But the pin block would then still need to be
> cut from the stretcher. The other problem with this method is that you take a
> chance of damaging the polyester finish, which creates another problem.

Without regard to the polyester, could the block/strecher be removed
completely via the bracket screws and just run across a table saw to cut
the block off?

Rob Goodale, RPT