At 11:18 PM 01/08/2001 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 01/08/01 10:38:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, >Wimblees@AOL.COM writes: > ><< > Was you first tuning on Mason & Hamlin B, much less a A, or even a > Steinway? > My suggestion would be to buy a very cheap grand, that is ready for the > junk > yard, and do a pin block for it, before you tackle the M&H B. > >> > >Thanks for the advice but it's sitting in my shop. Is it doweled? If so, how >many and approximately where? Thanks......................dy If you can't find them, leave it alone. The dowels would be on the ends of the block, maybe screws. I don't think there are dowels in the stretcher. I don't think M&H dowel'd that section but I fit new blocks tight all around. Pick on something else, don't let a Mason & Hamlin be your first attempt because when you're done you are going to say, "The next one will be better". Make mistakes on something else. Practice first ! A while ago I was gearing up my shop, I had been out of 'rebuilding' with full time tuning, I had not installed a block or restrung for over five years. I did not resume on premium pianos, but a few lesser makes to get back in the swing of things. I can not stress this enough. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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