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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Cy,</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>You should use the plugging =
method, as
this is much stronger then inserting a section. After plugging, you can =
cover
with veneer to hide the plugs. By using West Systems 2 part glue, this =
will strengthen
the plank, and make it much stronger then inserting a =
section.</span></font></p>
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href="mailto:brispiano@optushome.com.au">brispiano@optushome.com.au</a>=
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Cy Shuster
[mailto:741662027@charter.net] <br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Saturday,
6 March 2004</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>4:57
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Pinblock partial
replacement?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Does anyone =
have handy a
reference to repairing a pinblock by routing out the center section and
replacing it? I've looked in these archives and in the 20 years of =
the
journal, and haven't found it. Searching on "pinblock" =
gives a
lot of hits! Even adding "insert, partial, and router" =
doesn't
help...</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>My friend has =
a
Chickering grand with a stepped, curved, two-piece block to replace, and =
this
looks like a good approach.</span></font></p>
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Shuster--</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Rochester</span></font><font
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size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>MN</span></font></p>
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