<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>OK so here it goes again.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My assistant measured the pins (not all mind you) but he got .282. a week after removal, I tried a new .282 and it just goes in about halfway with my hands....</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But I know that Baldwin blocks are tricky to bore and repin, but this is scary. And no, the fire didn't cook the piano that much, but it sure made it full of soot. Had to sandblast action parts just to have a look at them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This is a thight budget situation. The customer got the piano for almost nothing and I don't want to replace this block. It's still in a very good condition but it will be tricky to repin. The thing is I don't have any spare to make tests (unless I do them where there are no pins ;-) )</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So, what's the original size bit used to bore the Baldwin multi laminated block ? This is still my question.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828540200-29012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Farrell<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 janvier, 2004 18:02<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: baldwin block reaming<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I'm not sure I understand what you are describing Marcel. The tuning pins at one time were really tight - were they really tight after the fire - they were still tight? Ok, so we removed them. Now the "<FONT size=2>original pins do go through the block after removal. It seems removing the pins really enlarge the hole...</FONT><FONT size=3>". Are you saying that after removing a tuning pin it will fall through the hole in the pinblock? I do believe that under normal circumstances that after removing a tuning pin and trying to re-install it, one would find that it would have less torque, but it certainly would not fall through the pinblock. Have you removed the plate? I might be concerned about the condition of the pinblock - could the fire have baked it in some unfortunate way? And if the pinblock got hot enough to get damaged, what about the rest of the piano?????</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Or, maybe I'm misunderstanding you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3></DIV></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>