Rebuilding an upright

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Mike 
?I'll second that.? It's so much easier to do what you've suggested?& there is no question about original plate locations.? I find uprights quite a bit more difficult in general to rebelly. Certainly no discounts apply.
? Dale





Al,?
Another pinblock option which the others have not mentioned yet: If the original block is still well attached to the back structure, rout out a cavity in the original block for each section of tuning pins, and inset a piece of new pinblock. Epoxy, screws, dowels, whatever makes you feel comfortable. This lets you preserve the plate/pinblock relationship, making soundboard/bridge alignment a lot less complicated, as described by Del.?
Mike?
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AlliedPianoCraft wrote:?
> I just got a call to rebuild a Stieff upright which the customer > believes was made in the 1920"s. He wants a new soundboard, pinblock etc.?
> > While I have installed many soundboards (I don't make my own) and > pinblocks in grands, I have never replaced any in uprights.?
> > I have two questions: 1, Is it more or less difficult to replace a > soundboard and pinblock on an upright? 2, Comparative price. How > should I estimate the job as compared to a grand.?
> > Thanks for any input.?
> > Al Guecia?

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