List- I have repaired a number of pianos with back posts pulling loose from the pin block, but I have a customer with a Story & Clark console (1965 vintage) that poses a couple of problems I have not run into before: 1. The top of the back posts is covered by a strip of wood that has stayed attached to the pin block. I assume I will have to pry it loose in order to get glue down between the pin block and the back posts, and to be sure I have the crack closed up when clamping. 2. There seems to be a problem with my usual method of bolting the pin block. I usually bore holes all the way through using the lag screw holes in the plate and pin block, but in this piano those holes go down the glue joint between the above mentioned cover strip and the back posts/fillers. With the bolts just grazing the top of the area I want to anchor, I fear the possibility of failure. Anyone have a good solution for anchoring the repair? One more item: does anyone know what glue Story and Clark would have been using at that time? What glue would be likely to hold the best? Bill Maxim, RPT
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