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The decision was made to plug, re-drill and veneer the old block. First a pattern is made of the old pinblock locating all of the tuning pin holes.
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Here a modified drill press is set in the piano and the old tuning pin hole angle is noted.
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Drilling out old holes to half inch for plugs.
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Cutting plugs out of new pinblock material.
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Plugging the block.
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Cleaning up the plugs.
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Veneering the block over the plugs.
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Re-drilling the block for new tuning pins.
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Finished pinblock, drilled, plugged, veneered and re-drilled ready for stringing.
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