TP bushings: was pinblock hole alignment

Paul tunenbww@clear.lakes.com
Wed, 9 May 2001 17:53:49 -0500


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
> >
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