---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/19/2004 10:02:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 tomtuner@comcast.net writes: I=E2=80=99m all for experimenting here and will report my results, but any a= dvice on=20 this will be appreciated. Tom Driscoll =20 P.S. Please refrain from the =E2=80=9Cwhy don=E2=80=99t you replace the bloc= k =E2=80=9Cargument. The=20 piano plays well, stays in tune within reason, and will benefit from new bas= s=20 strings in a home where the budget cannot consider a rebuild. Tom If it ain't broke don't fix it. Although I dislike restringing in most old= =20 blocks I second the suggestions made by the others. I reamed the block to th= e=20 1876 Knabe were restringing with .280 bit& the results with no. 3 is very go= od=20 & even. This was also an econo job but the block was also open faced & I=20 wasn't looking to replace it. Fortunately it was in very good shape & all wo= rked=20 well. Also I'm grateful to know about the in between size pins. What a help=20 that is! =20 Dale Erwin Erwins Piano Restorations 4721 Parker Rd, Modesto, Ca. 95357 erwinspiano@aol.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/34/2e/74/3f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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