Knabe Plate and Stretcher

[Terry]

'57. Aeolian. Glue is less expensive than a couple screws?

Terry Farrell


> 1957.  As it turns out the horizontal cap of the stretcher that
> overhangs the plate is glued onto the vertical stretcher.  With a sharp
> chisel I was able to break the glue joint (sort of) and remove the cap.
> Had I been more patient I suppose I could have wicked in some wall paper
> remover/water mix and allowed the glue to soften and removed it rather
> easily in one piece.  But hey, I'm the "I want it now" generation.  So
> I'll be making a new cap.  But it's a pretty simple unadorned piece of
> wood. It would have so much easier just to screw it on.  
> 
> David Love