Pinblock too low

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

Tom,

I had that same thought, and toured the power tool section of home depot with a ruler.  The shortest router I found was a Ryobi laminate trimmer, 6 3/8" to the end of the collet.  Probably 6 7/8 or 7 with the shortest bit, won't make it under most stretchers.

Incidentally, my current thinking is to leave the pinblock alone if at all possible.  I think that I can keep my wokr confined to the action, allowing me to 1) do all the work in my shop, not her living room, and 2) avoid getting involved in any way in the issues of plate height, plate bending, downbearing & soundboard/bridge condition, etc. etc.

Here's the procedure I plan to propose:

-Bolster knuckles.
-(Optional, cove, tail, and weigh-off hammers)
-Complete bench regulation
-Using Dremel and thin cut-off wheel, cut off tops of drop screws even with tops of flange screws.
-Using Dremel and thin cut-off wheel, cut new screwdriver slots in the tops of the drop screws.
-Return the action to the piano and finish regulation.

thanks, to all of the list members who shared their ideas and experiences on this problem.  I would have really stumbled on this one without all of your help!!!

Mike Spalding


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@attbi.com>
To: 'Pianotech' <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:12 AM
Subject: RE: Pinblock too low


> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 4:18 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Pinblock too low
> 
> How's this for an easy solution to the scraping drop
> screws ?: 1)Mark one distict pinblock gouge with a
> pen, and note it's position in the scale. 2)Pull the
> action and make a scale stick of the drop screws. 
> 3)Flip the piano over and put the scale stick on the
> pinblock, lining up your indexing mark with the
> appropriate drop screw mark. 4)Mark the position of
> all the other drop screws on the underside of the
> block, and extend the marks into lines with a
> carpenter's square.  5)File/rasp grooves in the
> underside of the pinblock for the drop screw tops to
> travel in.
>      Hope this helps.
>      Gordon Stelter
> 
> --- Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> wrote:
> > Ron,
> >          Thanks for the validation. Now that I know
> > that the idea I had 
> > works I won't hesitate to use it should the need
> > arise.
> > 
> > best,
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> I wonder if a router would fit in there ? Still the same issue with the
> bottom of the tuning pins though. 
> Tom Driscoll
> 
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