<html> <body> Thanks, Carl, Obviously, Terry has never lived in a really low-humidity locale and had a piano come in from somewhere like Florida, or Houston for that matter, that had been there for many years! :-) I have! Avery At 12:09 PM 2/9/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:54 AM Subject: Re: Double drilling pinblocks: Hand held versus drill press. > And what would Florida have to do with pinblock replacement? Well, Terry, when I lived in Florida the humidity was about 175%.  Okay I'm eggszagerating, but I wouldn't call it a dry heat.  So if you move the piano to a drier locality, it loses weight.  Cracks open up and you gotta fill them.  I think I'd use left over hanging chads with some west systems epoxy to fill the holes, drive the pins in wet and tune it before the epoxy gets too hard.  Okay, not the first choice for high end work.  (Gotta pull your chain every chance I get, (G).) Carl Meyer Ptg assoc Santa Clara, Ca. > Terry Farrell > > > Actually, I've never replaced a block, don't have any plans to ever do > one, > > unless I get a piano from Florida, that is.  (G) > > > > Carl Meyer Ptg assoc > > Santa Clara, Ca. > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote></body> </html>