<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3>"The Pinblock Wood has lost it's elasticity, i.e. it's dead wood!"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Okay Joe, you asked for it. Care to expand a little and edumacate us wood loosing it's elasticity and dying?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Seems to me the wood pretty much dead the day the tree is cut down - yes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=+0>>I was asked to repair an open-faced pinblock on an old Produktiv </FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>>Genossenchaft Grand which was restrung and is giving way in the upper </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>>section. The wood is being crushed and the tuning pin holes are elongated </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>In my opinion, the Rebuilder screwed up and should make it right.. Two things probably are causing this: 1. Improper "new scale", or lack thereof.<G 2. The Pinblock Wood has lost it's elasticity, i.e. it's dead wood!</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>