[pianotech] Blocks

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/23/2012 4:19 PM, Ed Foote wrote:
> Ron writes:
>>> ,It's not how many times a year you look, it's how many seasonal
> extremes they've been through. I don't understand why the concept of
> wood under compression crushing cumulatively with big humidity cycles is
> such a tough concept.<
>
>            It is a simple concept. I am of the opinion that it isn't a
> problem on the blocks I have direct experience with.  Some of these
> pianos I am talking about got their blocks in the early 1980's. If I
> don't see any appreciable lateral movement of the pin through the block
> after 30 years, I am not going to let that be a determining factor in my
> technique.

I wouldn't. I don't observe lateral movement in any blocks either, ever.
Ron N