----- Original Message ----- > I attended a North East Regional Seminar in 92 or 93 in New Hampshire where > a technician showed the class how to replace the pin field area without > having to replace the entire pin block. He routered out the pin area to the > thickness of the new stock (plus a little more for glue) and epoxied the new > piece in place, did some surface cleaning and replaced the plate ready to > drill. His example was an old upright with plenty of plank to support the > new piece. I did not save the notes or the class hand-out (and I've never > tried this myself) but it seemed like a good way to repin without ripping > out the whole pin block out. > > David C. > Las Vegas, NV Indeed it can be a good method when the old block is still well-bonded to the piano frame. I did the procedure just as you describe to the 1912 M&H upright in the picture below. I wanted to preserve the original plate screw holes - so the replacement pieces are kinda squirrelly looking. But everything went well and tuning this piano is a dream. Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061215/0532c0c6/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 48757 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061215/0532c0c6/attachment-0001.jpe
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