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<DIV><FONT size=2>A planer, or even a hand plane would be faster than =
the belt
sander. I have done this before. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan &
Carolyn Barnard</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> Wednesday, April 27, 2005 =
2:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Anyone done =
this?</DIV>
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<DIV>Tiny, crappy grand. Someone did major repairs(?) to ribs, =
soundboard,
etc. A real hatchet job with great globs of epoxy ...</DIV>
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<DIV>They replaced the block and restrung it not too badly except they =
used a
block so thick that you can't get the action out without tilting it =
and I
still snapped off one bass hammer. Drop screws barely clear when the =
action is
in.</DIV>
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<DIV>Measured the depth of holes to bottom of pins and it's almost an
inch!</DIV>
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<DIV>Any reason one couldn't take a belt sander to the underside of =
that
board and grind off about a 1/4" in the bass, 1/8" in tenor and =
treble?
No room for a router.</DIV>
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<DIV>Alan R. Barnard</DIV>
<DIV>Ready to Sand, Sander in Hand in Salem, Missouri</DIV>
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