<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>In a message dated 1/19/2004 10:02:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, tomtune= r@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> &nbsp= ; I’m all for= experimenting here and will report my results, but any advice on this will = be appreciated.    &= nbsp;        Tom Driscoll</= P>    &= nbsp;        P.S. Please refrain= from the “why don’t you replace the block “argument= . The piano plays well, stays in tune within reason, and will benefit from n= ew bass strings in a home where the budget cannot consider a rebuild.= </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>    =         &nbsp= ;      Tom</DIV> <DIV>  = If it ain't broke don't fix it. Although I dislike restringing in most old b= locks I second the suggestions made by the others. I reamed the block to the= 1876 Knabe were restringing with .280 bit& the results with no. 3 is ve= ry good & even. This was also an econo job but the block was also open f= aced & I wasn't looking to replace it. Fortunately it was in very good s= hape & all worked well. Also I'm grateful to know about the in betw= een size pins. What a help that is!</DIV> <DIV>  </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> Dale Erwin Erwins Piano Restorations 4721 Parker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 953= 57 erwinspiano@aol.com</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>