I have a hientzman 6'2" grand #10552, 1894 I am rebuilding for a client. The wide pinblock is thicker in the front near the flange then at the back under the pins. The thin ledge is wide.... 5 1/2 inches wide in the bass section before the thicker area starts under the pins. There is also a lovely Steinway style notch. I did something similar twice: in a chickering, and in a knabe and remember how much work it was. I routered out the thin areas, and fit from there; many more hours of grinding. Considering the following. With so much wood in front of the pins, why not just make straight cuts, a nice big rectangle and fit in a new piece of pinblock, nice ant tight. Tape up the bottom and fill in and space with east system epoxy. Put a few maple dowels through the joints at a 45 degree angle, and......"instablock" This would preserve the old flange fitting, which is good, make much less grinding and much less time. The block is in good shape and the flange; no delamination or cracks. I am replacing it simply for age and tuning pin torques sake. An added advantage is it would allow me to use a leftover slab of pinblock laying around the shop that is just a bit little too narrow for anything else So. Why should I do the whole block and not an insert? Why might this be "bad" Why might this be "good" Thinking about it................... Cheers David Renaud ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
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