<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>You are absolutely correct!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</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=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 09, 2004 = 3:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Double drilling = pinblocks: Hand held versus drill press.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Thanks, Carl, <BR><BR>Obviously, Terry = has never lived in a really low-humidity locale and<BR>had a piano come in from somewhere like Florida, or Houston for that<BR>matter, that had been = there for many years! :-) I have! <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 12:09 PM 2/9/04, you wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">----- Original = Message ----- <BR>From: "Farrell" <<A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>>= <BR>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Monday, February 09, = 2004 2:54 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Double drilling pinblocks: Hand held versus = drill press.<BR><BR><BR>> And what would Florida have to do with = pinblock replacement?<BR><BR><BR>Well, Terry, when I lived in Florida the = humidity was about 175%.  Okay I'm<BR>eggszagerating, but I wouldn't = call it a dry heat.  So if you move the piano<BR>to a drier locality, it = loses weight.  Cracks open up and you gotta fill<BR>them.  I = think I'd use left over hanging chads with some west systems epoxy<BR>to fill = the holes, drive the pins in wet and tune it before the epoxy = gets<BR>too hard.  Okay, not the first choice for high end work.  = (Gotta pull your<BR>chain every chance I get, (G).)<BR><BR>Carl Meyer Ptg = assoc<BR>Santa Clara, Ca.<BR><BR><BR><BR>> Terry Farrell<BR>><BR>> > = Actually, I've never replaced a block, don't have any plans to ever do<BR>> = one,<BR>> > unless I get a piano from Florida, that is.  (G)<BR>> ><BR>> > Carl Meyer Ptg assoc<BR>> > = Santa Clara, Ca.<BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech = list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A><BR><= BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = = eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A></FON= T></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>