Bridge pins/ Pin blocks.

[Richard Brekne]

jolly roger wrote:

> >Fact is that even in grands the odds of causeing damage without support are
> >relativly low. Its just that they are high enough that nobody wants to
> take any
> >unnecessary  chances... and rightly so.
> --
> >Richard Brekne
>
> Hi Ric,
>            I've seen enough failed pin blocks on grands in this area, to
> have an opposing view.
> Delamination around the tenor break where the pins are close, and there is
> very little material, is the highest risk zone. Given our dry climate, and
> the way 60yr old hide glues behave here, it's a very high risk.

Grin... well either way.. and whatever the odds are or are not... I think just
about everyone is in complete agreement that support for a grand pinblock when
banging away on it is a very good idea. I've seen plenty folks not bother, and
havent seen anything busted yet... but I have heard too many scarry stories to
take a chance myself... especially when its so easy to put a support under
there.



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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no