Wurlitzer problem

[Michiel van Loon]

John,

To make a pinblock "thicker" , you can use Delignit (laminated beech)
pinblock material , which is also available in 15 mm, 25 mm and thicker.
The last time I had to do this  I used some scrap Delignit of 45 mm and
split it to the desired size.

You wrote:
>    Ralph Stillwell, a member of our chapter had an extreme case of this
>problem on a upright piano with an open pin block. He removed the bass
>tunning pins, drilled the tunning pin holes, slightly under sise, clear
>through so the hole came out the back of the piano, glued a piece of maple>
>to the front of the bass pin block area, and drilled the tunning pin holes
>through this cap from the back. He then replaced the pins in the new
>"thicker" pin block. This greatly reduced the angle between the tunning
pins
>and the string. Finally he glued a piece of veneer on the back of the piano
>to cover the holes that came through the back side. He said it solved the
>problem. When I called Ralph to get his permission to submit this he said
he
>thought hardwood plywood would be better than the maple he used if you
could
>find it.

>    John Dewey