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 davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:35 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Knabe Plate and Stretcher What year is the Knabe? Terry Farrell > I was afraid of that. Of course I could just trim the lip on the > stretcher that over hangs the plate. I was really hoping to avoid any > case work on this one. Oh well. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > I've done one of those and it seems like the stretcher was mortised into > the sides. I actually had a cabinet maker do it, and I think he had to > re-veneer the tops of the sides after cutting in enough to remove the > stretcher. > > Dean > Dean May _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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