Beautifully curved and laminated cutoff bar though! Nice crown still and pretty good tone if the bridge wasn't falling apart. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 5:44 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Knabe Plate and Stretcher '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 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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