<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I will categorically confirm your curmudgeonliness.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">anon<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Delwin D Fandrich <A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A><BR><BR> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>What? You think I'm nuts? I'm just doing the block, board and bridges. That's enough weirdness for me. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Perhaps I'm just getting curmudgeonly in my advancing year but I no longer do stuff like that. The technician who sent me the job is doing all of the action and damper work. And he's welcome to it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>ddf</FONT> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843092322-29032008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <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>voce88@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 29, 2008 12:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Major Surgery<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Del,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As you know, the pinblock is not the only unusual part of a K&B restoration. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What are you doing about the action? Are you rebuilding the original wippens or have you found someone who makes them? By the way, good luck in regulation! (Whew - been there, done that)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All the best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rich Galassini</DIV> <DIV>Cunningham Piano Company</DIV> <DIV>(215) 991-0834<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><PRE><TT><TT>It has long puzzled me why piano makers would go to such extremes when designing and fitting pinblocks. Brinsmead is not alone in this. We're working on a Kranich & Bach piano just now with another unnecessarily complex pinblock design. This thing has four separate twisted and convoluted levels -- each of which must be carefully fitted to a mating offset in the plate. These were not particularly great or expensive pianos yet constructing and fitting this pinblock clearly wasted considerable time and effort. Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA Phone 360.736-7563 <<A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com?" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com?">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> </TT></PRE></TT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Delwin D Fandrich <fandrich@pianobuilders.com><BR>To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 2:59 pm<BR>Subject: RE: Major Surgery<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_45e529b2-30fb-46b7-b108-7fcdee97b737 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>It has long puzzled me why piano makers would go to such extremes when designing and fitting pinblocks. Brinsmead is not alone in this. We're working on a Kranich & Bach piano just now with another unnecessarily complex pinblock design. This thing has four separate twisted and convoluted levels -- each of which must be carefully fitted to a mating offset in the plate. These were not particularly great or expensive pianos yet constructing and fitting this pinblock clearly wasted considerable time and effort. Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA Phone 360.736-7563 <<A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com?" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com?">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> | -----Original Message----- | From: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> | [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf Of John Delacour | Sent: March 28, 2008 2:20 PM | To: Pianotech List | Subject: Major Surgery | | | Gluttons for punishment might like to see how to prepare for | the re-stringing of an old grand piano: | | <<A href="http://pianomaker.co.uk/brinsmead_24130/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://pianomaker.co.uk/brinsmead_24130/</A>> | | JD | | </TT></PRE></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA5FEB86AB81A7-15C0-356F><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL,; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Planning your summer road trip? 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