<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Baldwin does not use Delignit pinblocks. They use their own version of a material know elsewhere as "ComPreg," or <EM>compressed-impregnated</EM> wood. It's a take-off on a material that worked very well for engine mounts in WW II minesweeper boats. Its value as pinblock material is debatable. (If you're interested do a search of the archives--I've written about this stuff in the past.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Use Delignit if you want; it will certainly be an improvement. Or else simply use a plain old multiply maple block. This also will be a big improvement.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>ddf</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008> <P><FONT size=2>Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant<BR>620 South Tower Avenue<BR>Centralia, Washington 98531  USA<BR>Phone  360.736-7563<BR><<A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> </FONT></P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562221219-14012008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>AlliedPianoCraft<BR><B>Sent:</B> January 14, 2008 10:18 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Pinblock for Baldwin SF-10<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am installing a new pinblock in a Baldwin SF-10. This piano is only 10 years old, but the pinblock has been destroyed by the use of metal tuning pin sleeves in combination with CA glue (about 30 to 40 sleeves and glue all over the place). I can't imagine a 10 YO piano with what appears to be a Delignit pinblock get so loose that it required this kind of desperate repairs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My question to the other rebuilders is this. I have always used Bolduc pinblocks in Steinways and Masons and have used Multi-Laminate pinblocks in lesser pianos, (never had loose tuning pins in 40 years), but I have never used a Delignit pinblock. Should I replace this pinblock with the Delignit (which now scares me) or one of the others? Also any thoughts on what might have gone wrong with this piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks for any input</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia<BR>Allied PianoCraft<BR>PO Box 1549<BR>High Point, NC 27261<BR>(336) 454-2000<BR><A href="mailto:PianoTech@alliedpianocraft.com">PianoTech@alliedpianocraftcom</A><BR><A href="http://www.alliedpianocraft.com">www.alliedpianocraft.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>