On 4/6/09, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote: > This is a case of me wanting to tell the client to burn the piano and look > for something better, BUT, it has a lot of sentimental value. And there is > really no way of telling 100% if the pinblock is cracked, unless I destring > and remove the plate, is that right? I suppose there isn't a "100%" test of a pinblock split shy of doing an autopsy, but a non-destructive test which I would guess is about 99.44% would be the old chalk-the-tops-of-the-loose-pins test. If several line up in a row, that's where there is a split. I once did test on a fireplace bound PSO by putting an oversize pin towards the end of the suspected split. Four more pins got loose. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT Luther College Decorah, IA
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