<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Clark, I don't have an answer if "re-drilling" will solve your problem, but I would never "re-drill" anything.  I would use a good reamer. "Re-drilling" is never accurate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Clark A. Sprague" <</FONT><A href="mailto:csprague4@woh.rr.com"><FONT face=Arial>csprague4@woh.rr.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:43 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: Samick "Cat" Grand</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>  <BR>Here you go Terry.  This is the worst caster.  Which brings me to the next<BR>question.  When the lady told me that someone told her it needed a new<BR>soundboard, I will admit that I wasn't about to go crawling under the piano<BR>to look at the bottom of the board.  It was not cracked, just some stains on<BR>the top side (and it looks like they will clean up just fine). The bridges<BR>are fine, as well.  <BR>So, I thought, maybe she heard pinblock, and didn't know the<BR>difference.  So I got out my hammer, tried the pins in the worst area of the<BR>pins, and they are not loose.  The action also cleaned up very nicely<BR>(protected by the plate, for the most part).  So I thought, soundboard and<BR>block are going to be ok, and bought it for cheap.<BR>I wonder if the prevailing wisdom of the List would give me their<BR>advice on the block.  I was thinking that maybe I could get by with<BR>re-drilling the block to get at new wood in the pin holes, say drill for 3's<BR>or 4's.  I wonder at the ability of the plate bushings to keep most of the<BR>cat problem above the top surface of the block, or should I just replace the<BR>block and have it over with?  I am thinking that if I remove the plate, and<BR>find out that not much staing has occurred on the top of the block, maybe<BR>just re-drilling would be sufficient.  What say you all?  Clark A. Sprague,<BR>RPT<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>