<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> <DIV>In a message dated 11/15/2003 11:34:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, mfarre= l2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>have two open-face pinblocks coming = up in my shop - a Knabe and a Bechstein. I hadn't decided quite how to re-do= the pinblocks. I was thinking that I might pop the top veneer off, plug wit= h high-quality plugs set in epoxy, and then put a new veneer on the top. Any= one care to argue one way or another regarding time required to do this comp= ared to a complete new block and regarding the quality of the final outcome?= Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800000></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px= ; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUO= TE></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 mortis= ing without compromising all that original structural integrity , nor do I w= ant to. Besides plugging is fairly painless once you get set up & w= ith good maple plugs  feels  like, well.... A good maple block</FO= NT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3>   Da= le</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>