<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have also seen two or three Story = & Clark consoles from this era with pinblock/back problems. The pinblock was not = separating, rather the plate and pinblock were pulling forward, = separating away from the back. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard Snelson repaired one of these. = He discovered in the teardown that the plate lag screws, the ones aiming to find a grip in the back posts, missed their mark -- gripping = only thin air. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=BobDavis88@aol.com href="mailto:BobDavis88@aol.com">BobDavis88@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 21, 2003 = 12:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: What's the Story = & Clark? AND ...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 6/20/2003 9:41:59 PM Pacific = Standard Time, <A href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A> = writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Anybody got any = generic thoughts on early 60’s Story &Clark consoles. = </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I have = seen two with separated pinblocks, which I think were from this period. If it seems = to need a pitch raise....<BR>Bob = Davis<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>