David I always drill through the pin bushings with the plate and pinblock in the piano. The holes are always in line. Paul Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:23 PM Subject: TP bushings: was pinblock hole alignment ............ Thus, when using bushings it is necessary to drill the block > either in the piano or at least while attached to the plate. Comments? > > David Love > > > > > >From: "Brian Trout" <trouts_place@hotmail.com> > >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > >To: pianotech@ptg.org > >Subject: Re: pinblock hole alignment > >Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 11:27:29 -0400 > > > >Hi Larry, > > > >I can't think of anything practical except plug and redrill. > > > >But just for the sake of not doing it the same way again, any idea of what > >went wrong? > > > >I did say something about this in an earlier post, but it's one reason I'm > >redundant on my marks when I'm marking them out for tuning pin drilling. I > >would have seen a little circle drawn on the pinblock where the hole in the > >plate would be. There would also be a little dimple in the middle of it > >from the center punch. It's just that there's two points of reference > >instead of one. In the instance where one or the other of the marks isn't > >quite what it's supposed to be, there's another one right there. > > > >Stuff happens... Hope the job is smooth sailin' from here on out. > > > >Take care, > > > >Brian Trout > >Slidell, LA > >trouts_place@hotmail.com > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >
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