<!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>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Michael,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The plugs look like 3/8. I that so? I've avoided using that diameter for fear of it not leaving enough of the key. That would allow me to use a 3/8 tenon cutter which I have. As stated earlier there seems to be no 1/4 tenon cutter available. I'm also thinking a larger plug might allow for an easier time of re-drilling.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=m_spreeman@hotmail.com href="mailto:m_spreeman@hotmail.com">Michael Spreeman</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Wood Specie Insert for Capstan</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Here is another approach for keys that already have hardwood inserts.  This is one of my 275's where the factory accidentally began boring holes for the capstans, unfortunately in the wrong place. The inserts are beech, so I cut beech plugs to match.<BR><BR> <DIV><EM><FONT face="" color=#330033><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#330000>                Michael  Spreeman </FONT><BR></FONT></EM><FONT face="" color=#000066><A href="http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com">http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <HR> Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. <A href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join" target=_new>Learn more.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>