<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Did you remove the old pinblock in one piece?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If so use a planer, and take it down to template size. You would also have the holding screw locations as well.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Friday, August 20, 2004 5:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Locating Tuning Pin Holes</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am about to replace my first open-faced pinblock. It is a 100+ year old 6'4" Knabe grand. My question is how best to re-locate the tuning pin holes. I can easily imagine an assortment of approaches that should work - paper tracings, marked-up mylar, etc. - but I can also imagine these approaches to have some introduced error also. Maybe the best is to do the tracing or mylar and just correct as needed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But I'm also sure that many of you have been through this and have a better feel for what works and what doesn't. The original tuning pin array was very nicely spaced for good string lay/spacing, etc., so I would like to maintain the original. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.</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><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>