Friction/Buzz at Agraffes

[Ray T. Bentley]

Thanks so much to all who made suggestions!

Ray

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>From: John Minor <jminor@uiuc.edu>
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Friction/Buzz at Agraffes
>Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2000, 4:36 PM
>

> I'v always suspected the need for re-stringing on these instruments. Seems
> like the wire is fatigued from heavy use and has lost some elasticity.
> Just a hunch.
>
> John Minor
> University of Illinois
>
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Ray Bentley wrote:
>
> ]Has anyone else found strings to buzz at the agraffe?  I have a piano that
> ]seems to.  I can usually stop the buzz by raising and lowering the pitch,
> ]thereby moving the string back and forth through the agraffe.  These strings
> ]also pop loose at the agraffe during tuning.  It doesn't seem to matter how
> ]long it has been since the previous tuning, they still pop during tuning.
> ]Has anyone tried clp or something else there with success.  Also there are a
> ]few pianos that don't render well.  That is, the friction at the capo bar is
> ]such that when you pull a string up, it continues to raise with firm blows,
> ]and vice versa.  Any cure for this?
> ]
> ]Thanks to all.
> ]
> ]Ray T. Bentley, RPT
> ]Lewis and Clark Community College
> ]Godfrey, IL
> ]
>