<HTML>In a message dated 2/17/02 5:25:42 PM !!!First Boot!!!, drjazzca@yahoo.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">So if a few pin holes have cracks, over sizing will aggravate the problem. Is swabbing the hole with epoxy before driving pins considered acceptable for a client that does not want to spend for a new block. Have people had tight pins for a long time after doing this, or is it to be condemned, and plugs are definitely the way to go. </BLOCKQUOTE> Dave Just swabbing the sides of the hole will not make the CA glue or epoxy penetrate the cracks. I have done pin block repairs in the past. You want to fill the hole about half way up with an epoxy, and drive the pin ion. The epoxy then has to fine a way out, and the way is into the cracks, and around the pin. For better results, drive in a 2/0 pin, and after the epoxy has dried, remove the 2/0 and drive in a 3/0 pin. The torque will be a little snappy, but the pin will hold. I have done this kind of repair on a whole pin block with good results. It is a good fix on a piano that needs a new pin block, but where the customer doesn't want to pay for one. Wim </HTML>