Pinblock too low

[Greg Newell]

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Tom,
         I think if you wanted to use a router or a hand held rotary planer 
you would have to remove the keybed while the piano was upside down.

Greg Newell


At 08:12 AM 9/16/2002, you wrote:



>-----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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Greg Newell
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