back action replacement questions

[Gene Nelson]

Thank you Ed,
One of the pivot blocks is pine and must be replaced.
Gene
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Subject: Re: back action replacement questions


>
> << Curious if red oak would do well as replacement mounting blocks for the
> damper tray rather than maple? (I am a long distance from a hardwood 
> store) The
> existing was bad as one side was pine and egg shaped in the pin hole - the
> other side still original maple but suffering from the effects of the age 
> and
> excess tray wobble. >>
>
> It would, I think, be simple to simply drill out a 3/8" hole directly over
> the existing one, and install a plug of maple then redrill the hole.  That 
> is
> easier than making a block and trying to get the hole back exactly like it 
> was.
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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