Hi, Of course replacing the agraffes would be the best solution. However, if you decide to clean them, I have found that using a buffing belt or wheel with red rouge does a nice job of polishing, and then follow that up with the reaming. I made a neat little agraffe holder out of oak that I use to hold the agraffe against the belt or wheel. (I use a Delta 1" belt sander that I have buffing belts for.) The tool is 1" X 1/2" X 3". I sanded it to a bevel on one end so it looks like a giant carpenters pencil. I drilled a hole in the center just large enough to thread the agraffe in. Works great and I don't end up buffing my fingers even though sometimes they may need it too (:>. On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Mary C. Smith wrote: > List, > > I have just encountered a Baldwin L with cat pee on the piano wire in the > mid-range. The urine has caused considerable rusting on the pin side of the > strings in this area, and strings are all ready starting to break. I plan to > restring the mid-range plain wire only, as the problem is confined to this > area, and I know the customer does not want to afford a complete > restringing. My question is this: should I replace all or some of the > agraffes (4 of them are polluted with crud), or should I clean and ream? If > cleaning is recommended, what would be the best thing to use? Thanks in > advance for input. > > Mary Smith >
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