<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/9/01 3:35:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>trouts_place@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">No doubt it's rather fool proof drilling in the piano. But I've never had a
<BR>problem drilling outside of the piano. I would suppose the key is making
<BR>good marks and following them.
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<BR>Best wishes,
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<BR>Brian Trout
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<BR>I have always drilled the block out side the piano, and have never had a
<BR>problem. As Brian said, if the block is tight against the plate, there is no
<BR>way it can be wrong.
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<BR>Perhaps the problem some other have is when they put the block in the piano,
<BR>and then put the plate in. When doing that, before attaching the block to the
<BR>piano, the block needs to be attached to the plate. Then I make sure the
<BR>plate is in the correct position. As part of this process I put a slow drying
<BR>epoxy glue on the rim where the block sits. When I am sure the plate, with
<BR>the block attached, is in the right place, I clamp the plate to the piano.
<BR>After the epoxy has set up, usually overnight. I remove the plate and screw
<BR>the block to the piano.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>