<html> <font size=3>At 12:40 AM 12/22/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br> </font><blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Dear Friends and Collegues, <br> <br> Today I tuned a Wurlitzer Console (the 2nd of a 4 tunings-3 including pitch <br> raises). When I got to C# 5 at the break, the pitch was at zero. After <br> bringing it to pitch I found wield false beats. Thinking it had to be a <br> problem at the termination point, I removed the knee board and found the top <br> 3 bridge pins missing and the bore split. The notch above is also split out. <br> <br> I checked the piano over to see if there was any more notes like this, but <br> there were non. The C#5 at the break is next to the plate struts. <br> <br> I thought of routing it out and replace with a piece of hard maple stock but <br> the strut makes it difficult to get a router in place. I am not sure I can <br> chisel it out cleanly. <br> <br> What do you recommend? How much time should I estimate? </blockquote><br> Drill for a plug made from pin block material. Epoxy in place, level to the surface,<br> drill new pin holes and reshape the notch.<br> <br> I have used pin block stock for many upright caps and bodies with no problems,<br> so these plugs should not be a concern.<br> <br> Regards,</font><br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>