Hey Al, A few years ago, I used the following technique on a Beckstein L that I didn't want to pull all apart (see pictures below). It would work just as well for uprights if you want a real nice fit with more wood, less epoxy FWIW. Make a masonite template of the area you want to rout out. Rout out with pattern bits of varying depths 1/2" to 1-1/2". Fill masonite with epoxy to make a form and then use the form to rout out an exact copy of your cavity. Pretty simple overall; granted, a bit more work than just gap filling with epoxy but it's satisfying and I would especially recommend for open face blocks where you need that visual appeal. Charge the same as a small grand. Jude Reveley, RPT Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC Lowell, Massachusetts (978) 323-4545 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 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080421/cb8f94e1/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 100_0791.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 54686 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080421/cb8f94e1/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 100_0799.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 61501 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080421/cb8f94e1/attachment-0005.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 100_0807.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 50757 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080421/cb8f94e1/attachment-0006.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 100_0820.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 57331 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080421/cb8f94e1/attachment-0007.jpe
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