Pinblock Plugs, was: Nice Baldwin Pinblock

[Farrell]

I have purchased plugs from Web Phillips in the past. They appear to be cut from multi-lam rotary cut supply house brand X pinblock material. Many of them fall apart. I don't think I want to use them again. I will make a quarter sawn pinblock, much like the Bolduc, but only epoxy assembled and with the upper 1/2" made up of quarter sawn 2 mm thick laminations with the grain running in the direction of string pull. After cutting plugs from it, I will then epoxy the plugs into slighly enlarged holes.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Nice Baldwin Pinblock


> What type of plugs will you use, and will you make
> them or buy them. & from whom, please.
> 
>      Thump
> 
>  you make them , or where do you get them?
> --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > I took apart a 1947 Baldwin M grand today. Pinblock
> > was interesting. 5 ply. Much like the Bolduc, only
> > three inner layers were a little thicker (3/8") and
> > the two outer layer were a little thinner, (1/8").
> > The three inner layers were nicely quarter sawn, and
> > edge glue joints were tounge and groove. Nice block.
> > I think I'll plug rather than replace - save some
> > maple.
> > 
> > I thought the block would be morticed or doweled
> > into the rim. Nope. Three big screws through block
> > into rim at treble end and two at bass end. That's
> > all. Not glued to stretcher.
> > 
> > Now you know!
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> >   
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