<HTML><HTML> In a message dated 5/20/06 12:28:26 PM, sam@scpianoservice.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">The plate bushings looked horrible, so I decided to drill them out and replace them. </BLOCKQUOTE> Sam; The damage to the pinblock is not terminal or even hard to repair...first thing though plate bushings shouldn't be drilled out when the plate is over the block....when the plate is off the block they can just be knocked through the plate with a dowel...when installed over the plate the bushings can be removed by using a small screwdriver and cracking one side of the bushing allowing it to be removed from he plate. As for repairing the block when the plate is reinstalled........ drill a 3/8 dia. hole in the block a little deeper then the hole you already have.......cut a 3/8 plug(s) from old pinblock stock and insert to the bottom of the hole first coating the hole/plug with a tiny bit of glue.........  fill the hole until the plug sits flush with the pinblock top..........After the glue sits up drill an appropiate size for for whatever tuning pin size you are going to use........ Of course the same repair may be done without the plate installed but I would wait until the plate is installed before drilling the new tuning pin hole. jim bryant (FL)</HTML>