---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Phil, Stan, list, I have drilled out of the piano and the way I do it is once I=20 match up the block to the plate flange I simply take a pencil and mark the= =20 block through each tuning pin plate hole. When I take the block over to the= =20 drill press it's pretty easy to see where I want to be. I favor the back=20 side of the circle a little bit as most of the time the pin ends up riding= =20 on the plate if you don't. This seems the simplest to me. Anybody else? Greg Newell At 04:58 PM 6/19/2003, you wrote: > >Richard (and others), > > > > > >....Drilling the block in the piano is no guarantee of precise centering. > > > >Best regards to all, > > > >Stan Kroeker, RPT > >I agree with this Stan. I personally would like to hear from those that=20 >drill in the piano about how they go about centering the drill in the=20 >plate hole. I drill out of the piano at the drill press. I temporarily=20 >attach the pinblock to the plate (or vice versa in the case of a Steinway)= =20 >and mark the hole locations with a transfer punch. I've been happy with=20 >the results. > >Phil F > > > >Phillip Ford >Piano Service & Restoration >1777 Yosemite Ave - 130 >San Francisco, CA 94124 >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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