Old Knabe Pinblocks...Jim

[Brian Trout]

If you can find someone who has replaced this kind of pinblock before, pay
them whatever they charge, arrange to observe the process and report back to
the rest of us.  I'd love to see how someone would actually go about
replacing one of these monsters.


Thanks Walter,

Actually, I have seen them done on an ebony piano where there wasn't all
that beautiful old rosewood to preserve.  The last one we did, we did the
rip 'em tear 'em cut 'em chisel 'em out of the piano number.  And really, it
wasn't all that bad.  But there's quite a bit of new wood and trying to
remake destroyed moldings, chewed up case, etc. is more of a pain than
actually making the pinblock, especially with all the pretty rosewood.

Like I said,  I'm still open to suggestions.

Thanks for the input.

Brian Trout