Pinblocks... Jim B.

[Farrell]

Hi Brian. I bought a Delignit block just to have it for projects, etc. (bass bridges, etc.) - a nice flat strong piece of wood (well, mostly wood). I was suprised when inspecting it closely, that the glue lines are really quite thin. I'll bet easily over 90% of the volume is wood - European Beech, I think. Maybe someday I'll make a pinblock out of one of them. It doen't look too scary - besides, if it turns out bad, I can blame the material!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Trout" <grandrestorations@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Pinblocks... Jim B.


> Hi Jim,
> 
> NO!!! You don't understand me at all!!
> 
> Evidently it was late when I wrote my reponse and
> my mind wan't working as clearly as it could have
> been.
> 
> Here's what I think.
> 
> First choice is a Bolduc pinblock.  They're
> wonderful.  When price is not an issue, I'll use
> one without any reservation whatsoever.  I almost
> insist on one in a Steinway or Mason & Hamlin
> type piano.
> 
> If I can't get the Bolduc pinblock into the
> budget, I will use one of the multilaminate
> pinblocks from Schaff or Apsco with good success.
>  (It's what, about 1/6 the price?)  I have quite
> a number of them  out there with no problems that
> I'm aware of.
> 
> I mentioned Delignit specifically because I have
> NOT used it and wouldn't want to offer an opinion
> as if I had.  There's something about having that
> many layers and that much glue making up the
> pinblock that I can't seem to get comfortable
> with the concepts of.  I think it might be Ron
> Nossaman who has used them with good success,
> though, and that's great.  _I_ wouldn't use one
> for anythiing, but that's MY opinion and MY
> preference.  Others are certainly entitled to
> differ, and I'm sure they do.  You gotta use what
> works good for YOU.
> 
> Hope that makes it clear enough.  I'm sorry I
> gave the impressions I did.  I gotta go read what
> I wrote again and see what I said wrong...
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Brian T.
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:
> > Brian...do I understand you correctly that you
> > are saying a delignit block is 
> > preferable to a Bolduc block in S&S?
> > M&H?........  And that a Bolduc 
> > Block/multi laminate block should only be used
> > if budget is an issue??
> >  Be careful wif yo answer now....you heah???
> > :-)
> > Jim Bryant (FL)
> 
> 
> =====
> Brian Trout
> Grand Restorations
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