Mark, You don't need to bash these pins in, nor should they be anywhere near as tight as in a modern piano. The tensions on the strings are not as high as for a modern piano. I trust you did your homework and analyzed the original wire and calculated out what the tensions and strains should be for A435? You shouldn't need a pinblock support unless you feel the need to bash too-tight of pins in really hard. aa From: "Mark McConnell" <mconnell1 at instruction.com> [ Save Address ] Reply-to: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: pinblock support in square grand Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:17:15 -0500 I am assisting a tech in restringing a circa 1840 square grand. There doesn't seem to be any way to use a pinblock support when hammering in the new pins, since the case is built around the block. Should I assume support is not needed? Does anyone have any experience with these? Thank you. Mark -- Anne Beetem Acker Historic Keyboard Specialist http://www.pianogrands.com http://www.anneackerkeyboards.com 912-704-3048 mobile
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