<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Alan: Put a 3/8 router bit in a right angle die = grinder and make a template and take off in small increments.  Watch for metal screws.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I once routed out the entire underside of a block to = 1 inch depth and installed a block from the bottom.  This was in an = antique grand with an exposed block and the agraffes were screwed into the = block.  Lotsa work, but easier than trying to replace the block.  I saved it = from the landfill.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Carl Meyer PTG assoc<BR>Santa Clara, = Ca.</FONT> </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=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan & Carolyn Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 27, 2005 = 12:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Anyone done = this?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Tiny, crappy grand. Someone did major repairs(?) to ribs, = soundboard, etc. A real hatchet job with great globs of epoxy ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They replaced the block and restrung it not too badly except they = used a block so thick that you can't get the action out without tilting it = and I still snapped off one bass hammer. Drop screws barely clear when the = action is in.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Measured the depth of holes to bottom of pins and it's almost an inch!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any reason one couldn't take a belt sander to the underside of = that board and grind off about a 1/4" in the bass, 1/8" in tenor and = treble? No room for a router.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan R. Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Ready to Sand, Sander in Hand in Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>