Al Said: "I'm restringing a Chickering grand and was prepared to replace the pinblock. I removed the plate and the pinblock is in great condition. Nice white wood, no cracks or separation, so I have decided keep the existing block. I removed 2/0 tuning pins. I'm looking for suggestions as to pinblock preparation. Ream/drill and go up to 4/0, or just wire brush and use 3/0? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. I'm also open to any other suggestions." Al, I would suggest replacing the block. Chickerings are/were notorious for loose pins. I've rebuilt several. All had blocks that looked good, with few exceptions. However, after trying to use several of them and getting mixed results and eventually replacing, I just replace and be done with it, anymore. I suspect the quality of the wood, plus the lack of sufficient laminations causes the problem. Just my take on Chickerings. Best Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I Al - I would second Joe's opinion on this. Install a new pinblock and you won't have to second guess yourself down the road. I've got several pianos in the area that I went with the less drastic approach, and am now thinking I should have gone the whole 9 yards. Chuck Behm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091017/31e7e76f/attachment-0001.htm>
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