FWIW, I haven't done an upright with an open-face pinblock, but being that I'm really not much of a precision woodworker, I think that I would do my normal sloppy but functional routing and fill gaps with thickened epoxy job, but simply cover the entire ugly mess with a pretty veneer. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080421/bac1c6b7/attachment.html
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