Agraffes

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Mary,
              You will probably have to remove the agraffes to clean them
properly, it's faster just to order new ones, since it's a current
production model you will have no problems with thread size. Just make sure
you have a supply of shims.
Regards Roger


At 01:55 PM 11/08/99 -0600, you 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
> 
Roger Jolly
Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre
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Saskatchewan, Canada.
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