---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dale wrote >I have recently this year been capping my stwy/Bolduc block with a thin >cap of delignit 5/16ths inch & this does help the flagpoling & the >tendency for the top of the pin hole to get hogged out. Ronwrote I don't see how it helps flagpoling, but it does provide a solid and tight fit for the pin just where it needs to be - at the top of the block. . Dale I don't see how a 5/16 cap is doing all the work & hey It still tunes like a 1/4 sawn maple block. What the cap does IMO is to keep the pin from mushing out the hole over time & seems to act like a nice tight bearing surface for the pin to turn against. I've used it as thin as a 1/4 inch & like the results. Hey its worked for Yamaha for 45 years & I think everbody like the way those tune. Ron wrote Personally, I don't see much point in wasting an expensive block as dead filler underneath the Delignit cap that's doing virtually all the work. In my opinion, the cheap rotary cut multi lamination blocks are ideal for this use. Dale The cheap blocks which are rotary cut & flat sawn as a result may not hold up that well in some climates Like yours partner?. Or the nevada desert & other dry places. Any history with it there in Kansas? Any way I've stayed away from the it. Hey If it works I'd love to save the money I spend on the wood worth it's weight in gold/cash. Regards Dale ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3b/b2/bc/ab/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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