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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Man oh man,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's good to be in school. Michael Spreeman clued
me in as well, so my thanks to him are ditto to you too, Will. Can't wait to do
it. What is obvious to some is unknown to others. Like the spirit cap removal.
Great belly info on the list right now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=surfdog@metrocast.net href="mailto:surfdog@metrocast.net">Will
Truitt</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> Sunday, August 03, 2008 3:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Doweled and Fully Fit
Pinblocks</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ah,
Fenton there is a good way to do this and get it very snug without munging up
the sides of the case. Fully fit the pinblock as you would in your
usual fashion for fit to the stretcher and treble end. I then cut the
bass end short by about ½ inch (the exact amount doesn’t really
matter). Set the block in the piano and butt it up against the treble
end and stretcher. Measure the gap to the bass end rim. Cut a fill
piece of pinblock stock to that measure, but with a 1 degree taper, so that it
is narrower at the bottom than the top. Do a partial dry fit (you need
to be able to get it out again). Sometimes I need to feather it down on
my table belt sander until it is just right. When you are ready to glue
the block in, butter it with glue and tap it in place. It should seat on
the ledge and look like it belongs there. Voila, your fully fitted block
and intact case sides.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I
would love to take credit for this to prove how smart I am, but it is a
trick that I learned from Chris Robinson years ago. I fully fit any
block that the case and plate allow, and this has long been my practice.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Will
Truitt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Fenton Murray<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 03, 2008 4:34
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Doweled and Fully Fit
Pinblocks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">List,</SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Of all the contact
and glue surfaces of the full fit block certainly the ones with the least
structural significance must be the end grain glue joint at the rim. In many
woodworking aplications this is left to float, but not in the wooden fortress
circle of sound. I enjoy attempting to fit all of these joints as well as I
can if for no other reason than to be able to look under the plate and see
something that looks like it did 100 years ago. But this end joint is about
the hardest to nail, even when attained it's impossible to get into the
piano. So, I inevetably slip in the veneer at the end which always seems
difficult and messy to do and never looks quite right. I do under cut the ends
slightly.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I would love to
read procedures for nailing this left, right, tight at both ends fit. It is,
after all one that can be seen by every one.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Fenton</SPAN><SPAN
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