<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wow Ed, indeed, a weak moment! Good to = see you are tough enough for it though!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pinblock. I assume the plate is out of = the piano (how else did you remove the soundboard?). Plug the block with plugs cut = from pinblock material of your choice. Webb Phillips sells Delignit and maple = multi-lam 1/2-inch and 3/8-inch plugs. Some people drill the same size = hole, use Tightbond and pound them in. I drill an oversize hole and epoxy them in = place with West System. Make heap strong pinblock. Pinblock look like crap, = but get real solid - just like new (or in this case, likely better). If you want = the full story of all my trials and tribulations on using epoxy in such a = case, just holler. Picture of epoxied-in pinblock plugs (square = grand).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00f301c565ff$e81763c0$0201a8c0@youro0kwkw9jwc" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SNIP</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> The block is the last real = task to deal with. The block comprises <BR>> the upper portion of the sounding = assembly and there was no way to remove it <BR>> without completely destroying = the piano and starting from scratch. <BR>>    The piano = was strung with atypical tuning pins, (at least, in my <BR>> experience).  = They are .250" diameter and only 2 inches long.  These are smaller than = <BR>> any piano pins I know of, and larger than the zither/harpsichord pins.  = The <BR>> dainty little plate doesn't encourage me to drill the holes out = to accomodate <BR>> the 1/0 pins, and they are all too = long,anyhow.   I can only imagine re-using <BR>> the originals.  There was = marginal torque on quite a few of them prior to <BR>> disassembly, so I want = to treat the block before driving them back.  <BR>>    I = have, against all my "traditional" training, become a fan of CA glue in = <BR>> the treatment of loose pins, but I wonder if I can't do something a little = <BR>> more extreme with this block.  I know that some of you have used = the West System <BR>> epoxy in block repair, and would like to know what your technique is.  The <BR>> block is a solid beech beam with two = very thin laminations on top.  Any ideas?  <BR>> Thanks, <BR>> = <BR>> Ed Foote RPT </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>