<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> I agree... even with my limited wood working experience I have very well manage 10 or 12 blocks. Takes me a bit longer then you fellows that are experts, but I dont see this as a biggie. <p>Seems much more daunting to construct and install a soundboard if you ask me... that I have not tried yet... but I am about to pull and replace my first square soundboard... interesting... for me anyways. <p>Cheers <br>Ric B <p>Delwin D Fandrich wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style>   <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 href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com" title="Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="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>  <font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000040">        <font size=+0>    Hey Terry</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000040"><font size=+0>   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></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000040"><font size=+0>   Dale</font></font></font> </blockquote> <div dir=ltr><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size=+0>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></font></font></div> <div dir=ltr> </div> <div dir=ltr><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size=+0>Del</font></font></font></div> </blockquote> <p>-- <br>Richard Brekne <br>RPT, N.P.T.F. <br>UiB, Bergen, Norway <br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <br><A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <br><A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A> <br>  </body> </html>