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<font size=3>To touch, or not to touch, that is the question:<br>
The answer lies in one's outrageous fortune that if<br>
the pins are touching the plate while considering<br>
a restringing, replace the block.<br>
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However, IF required to reuse the old block or replacing with a new one,
I'll angle the plate hole<br>
to move the bottom of the hole further from the pin. I use a bit which is
the same size as the hole<br>
so as not to enlarge its diameter but only to keep the pin from touching
at the bottom of the plate hole.<br>
I think there is a tuning liability with the pin touching the plate. If
it were a positive feature, every web hole<br>
would have the pin held in conveyance.<br>
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One has to think about the whole hole to have the whole scope of the
hole.<br>
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In search of the hole truth,<br>
<br>
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Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
<a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a><br>
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