<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I have not seen a plugged block after ten or twenty years, what happens to them?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianobuilders@olynet.com href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 11/15/2003 6:01:35 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Plugging blocks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 15, 2003 5:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Plugging blocks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>        <FONT size=3>    Hey Terry</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>   I've only done one of these & if I were doing it again I'd plug it again. I don't beleive it's possible for me  to duplicate all that case mortising without compromising all that original structural integrity , nor do I want to. Besides plugging is fairly painless once you get set up & with good maple plugs  feels  like, well.... A good maple block</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>And have you looked at any of these plugged blocks ten years after? Twenty years? I have. That's why I still duplicate the original. With a little practice it's not really all that big a deal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>