<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?" __doClobber__="true">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?">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> | -----Original Message----- | From: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> | [<A href="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>http://pianomaker.co.uk/brinsmead_24130/</A>> | | JD | | </TT></PRE></div> <div id='u8CA5FEB86AB81A7-15C0-356F' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Planning your summer road trip? Check out <A title="http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000015" href="http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000015" target="_blank">AOL Travel Guides</A>.</FONT> </div>