<!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 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>You mean like this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>TF</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001801c8a3ee$36a731d0$0301a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <</FONT><A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com"><FONT face=Arial>fandrich@pianobuilders.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>>. . . and this is the way I replace upright pinblocks. Works well, but don't<BR>> forget the dowels and/or screws.<BR>> <BR>> ddf<BR>> <BR>> | -----Original Message-----<BR>> | > | Another pinblock option which the others have not mentioned <BR>> | yet: If the original block is still well attached to the back <BR>> | structure, rout out a cavity in the original block for each <BR>> | section of tuning pins, and inset a piece of new pinblock.  <BR>> | Epoxy, screws, dowels, whatever makes you feel comfortable.  <BR>> | This lets you preserve the plate/pinblock relationship, <BR>> | making soundboard/bridge alignment a lot less complicated, as <BR>> | described by Del.<BR>> | Mike</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>