<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I have done this repair, a few times, and I think it takes me about an hour.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Then you have 2 or three tunings, depending on how well you want it to stay.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>With this repair, we are obviously not talking concert.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I don't take the tension down first.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jimfrazee@msn.com href="mailto:jimfrazee@msn.com">James H Frazee</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano_tech_list</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Pinblock/back separation repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I need to do this repair on a 46 year old Sohmer upright, model 34K.  I have the procedural description found in Randy Potter's course but I'm looking for a rough estimate of the person hours involved.  (Already consulted "G" Piano Works Repair Labor Guide, to no avail.  But Joe, how do you like that citation?)  Anyone have any ideas how long each bolt takes?  the entire job?  Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim Frazee</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>