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<DIV><FONT size=2>Owen,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm sure your going to get some great replies on this that
I'll read with interest. I think you could probably do what your describing
below and be fine. Be sure stretcher is solid. You could get creative and
re-enforce it if needed with corner brackets or gussets. Dowelling the new block
to the stretcher/old block tenon remains ala S&S wouldn't hurt. Fall board
cove can be done with a router or diagonal feed over a table saw, dry fit and
test for clearance, a lot of times more was removed from the old block than
needed and you don't have to make it look the same, a simple bevel will probably
work. I guess I should have started by saying I haven't seen a Hardman apart
that I can remember so I don't know exactly what you have. One thing I have done
is plug and re-drill with good success. Here is a link to photos on a Bosey
block plug and re-drill. <A
href="http://www.murrayspianotuning.com/id192.htm">http://www.murrayspianotuning.com/id192.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Good luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=greyco@kingston.net href="mailto:greyco@kingston.net">Owen
Greyling</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 21, 2006 4:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> pin block repacement</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello
list,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a question regarding a
procedure for removing a Hardman pin block. I have replaced blocks before, but
this one appears to have been installed using a slightly different technique.
While being doweled and glued to the inner rim shelf, there is also a mortise
or rabbet under the stretcher that the pin block material is let into. The
veneer on the front of the stretcher at each end, leads me to suspect that the
block / stretcher were originally installed as a unit. Not really wanting to
remove the stretcher, I’m wondering if I could simply cut the block out in the
normal fashion (router and big bit), leaving the part of the old block that is
under the stretcher intact and gluing the new block to that. This is
complicated by the presence of a large cove cut in the bottom of the block /
stretcher for fallboard clearance. I’m hoping that some one has done
this before, and can offer a procedure that has worked in the
past.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks for any help at
all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Owen (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kingston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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