[pianotech] Drilling pinblocks from the bottom

[Ron Nossaman]

Joseph Garrett wrote:
> And your reason for doing so is what???
> Joe

Like David Love, I drill through. He'll have his own reasons, 
but mine follow. Chip clearance is simplified when at least 
some of them can fall through. Since I drill in the piano, if 
the bottom of the block isn't level with the rim top, I don't 
have to keep an eye on drilling depth. I can feel it break 
through. If I screw up and drive a pin too deep, though I'm 
the only one in the world to have ever done so, I can push it 
back up from underneath. I don't happen to subscribe to the 
*belief* (lacking data either way) that a drilled through 
block has a shorter life or produces a less tuning stable piano.

My call,
Ron N