<HTML>In a message dated 2/19/02 1:37:05 AM !!!First Boot!!!, jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">You don't have to drill out the plate. You just use the smaller plug, and then put in a new bushing, and a 00/2 pin. Regards, John M. Ross </BLOCKQUOTE> John Is the small plug big enough to hold a tuning pin? Or is the wood around the pin more or less a "shim." My method actually puts epoxy in the cracks, which hopefully stops the crack from getting worse. If you plug the hole, you have not eliminated, or fixed, the crack. Wim </HTML>