<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/21/01 6:41:48 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>cedel@supernet.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">OK, so I am learning something here, maybe. I always thought I needed to
<BR>support the pinblock because the stress of pounding in the strings might
<BR>break
<BR>something. Consequently, I didn't think it was necessary to position the
<BR>support directly under where I was pounding; nearby was good enough. Is
<BR>delamination the real threat here? So far I haven't had any problems, but I
<BR>want to be sure to *keep* it that way.
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<BR>Regards, Clyde
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<BR>It is best to place the support as close to the area where you are pounding,
<BR>preferably right under it. If you are restring the whole piano, and all you
<BR>have is a short support block, you need to move it so that the area your are
<BR>pining is supported. Because I replace so many blocks, I built, from a design
<BR>by Greg Hulme, a piano wide support block. (Actually, I had Alan Hoeckleman,
<BR>RPT, who worked for me at the time, built it.) He used two pieces of pin
<BR>block material, which were to narrow to use as pin blocks. In one piece he
<BR>epoxied 5 4" x 1/2" bolts. In the other block he drilled holes to accept
<BR>the bolts. The device can be adjust up and down with nuts and washers. Once
<BR>the contraption is in place, I don't have to worry if the suport block is in
<BR>the right place.
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<BR>Willem.</FONT></HTML>