[pianotech] First Pinblock

[David Love]

I don't drill in the piano and while I do as much fitting as is reasonable
and don't "pile on" the epoxy I still often get some minor squeeze out
depending on the piano and the proximity of the tuning pin or screw holes to
the edge.  I don't think I'm particularly sloppy in this but I like enough
material there to insure a 100% fit across the flange.  

The point is I don't think *not* doing the final mating with the material of
choice as the last step before everything goes together runs any real risk
compromising the mating if you install at least some of the plate screws
during the mating process itself.  

Different strokes. 

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 9:42 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] First Pinblock

On 2/4/2013 11:06 AM, David Love wrote:

>
> I don't prefer to do the mating at final installation, as suggested in 
> another post, as I always find some cleanup to do and sometimes some 
> squeeze out  into the tuning pin area underneath the plate.  I prefer 
> to clean that up before I actually drill the holes for the tuning pins 
> rather than risk some squeeze out into a freshly drilled hole.

The block is already fitted, so there's no need to pile on enough epoxy to
squeeze into a plate hole, and the block isn't freshly drilled if you drill
it in the piano just before stringing, as I do. What squeezes out underneath
wipes up easily.

Ron N