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Velcro was invented in 1948, and patented and released for sale in '55.

Thanks Jamie for your help and thank you all for the very useful information that you have contributed.

Paul when they invented velcro, was for a particular purpose originally or did the inventor foresee and predict the type and number of uses it has today?

It was seen and invented as a general-purpose light-duty fastener. Within a few years of its invention, it was selling in the tens of millions of dollars per year, in all sorts of forms.

Yeah, like Jamie said, you don't have to remove the logo to get the grill frame off of the baffle board, but you'll want to take off the logo so you can shove some plastic between the cloth and the frame in that corner when you go to clean the cloth. You should be able to easily see where those screws go when it's time to remount the logo.

As for plastic to use as a barrier (between the cloth and the frame), you can use anything that's stiff enough to push in there without it folding up. A piece of Formica is ideal, but not many people have that laying around the house. So just get one of those cheap mylar report covers from an office supply store and it'll work great.

And again, be really careful when you go to pry that frame off. It's made of MDF too, and it can crumble or break if you don't do it gradually.

I know I'm making it seem like a real delicate operation here, but it's not that big of a deal and easier to do than to explain the process. I just don't want you to break anything. I messed up the grill frame on my Princeton Reverb the first time I took it off, and your Twin's frame will flex even more. And obviously the goal is to get it off without breaking it.

It is done.

Thanks to all for being so helpful.