Delignit

[Ron Nossaman]

>  The Baldwins sold in this area with a Delignit type block
>are very tight for awhile, and a loose pin IS loose and stays loose.  The
>multi-lam. is more forgiving for pin size variations, and drills very well
>in one pass with a parabolic bit.  This bit replaces a two pass drilling
>method with the same results.  Just wondering if you'd share your reasons
>for switching.
>
>Paul Chick

Hi Paul,
The Baldwin block is, by my standards, possibly the least forgiving block 
on the planet (short of pure metamorphic quarry stock) - followed by 
Falconwood, then Delignit. The multilam is much more forgiving. I never 
double drilled a multilam block, developing the technique to accommodate 
the less forgiving Delignit after I switched. I switched to Delignit 
originally because the multilam blocks tended to be more erratic in feel 
from season to season in schools and other venues with the worst possible 
humidity control. I saw a new multilam block go from cracking tight to too 
loose to hold in under four years in an old radiator heated high school. 
Other than that, I don't have a thing against these blocks.

I'm going to put a multilam block with a 9mm Delignit top lamination in a 
piano soon. I hope to get some of the best of both from the combination.

Ron N