[pianotech] Tooth crown pinblock

[wimblees at aol.com]

Did he use a 3 lb or 5 lb sledge hammer to smack the tooth?


Wim


-----Original Message-----
From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, Oct 7, 2009 1:32 pm
Subject: [pianotech] Tooth crown pinblock




I just got back from the dentist where I had my new crown put in. ?The whole process is somewhat like fitting a pinblock. ?Two weeks ago he made a mold of the space and sent away for the crown. ?Tonight I went in to have it fit. ?He would put the crown in place with something like a little piece of carbon paper in between the crown and what remained of my old tooth. ?He removes it, and seeing where it left a mark, he would file away that part of the new crown, then try again, until the marks are uniform. ?Kind of interesting. ?I told him what he was doing was like fitting a pinblock to the plate flange, and he said, "hmm, if you say so." ?I thought you all would maybe get more a kick out of it.




Regards,

Zeno Wood




ps - I didn't ask about the becket.

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