[CAUT] Agraffe noise

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Ed,


At 06:10 PM 9/13/2004, you wrote:
>Hey, Ed Foote-
>Perhaps it makes a slight bend where you tap the wire, changing the angle 
>of the wire through the agraffe, and moving the contact area a little more 
>up and forward.

I think it's more likely that the wire "works" or "polishes" the brass of 
the agraffe, smoothing some egregious nonsense enough to limit the 
noise.  I agree with EF, I've used this for years and broken very little...

Best.

Horace


>Ed S.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A440A@aol.com
>Sent: Sep 13, 2004 8:13 PM
>To: caut@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Agraffe noise
>
>Wim asks:
><<
>I don't quite understand what you are accomplishing by "hammering" the
>string into a new position. Could you explain further, please. >>
>
>By giving the string a rap straight downwards, it snaps back upwards on its
>own elasticity, hitting the top of the string hole in the agraffe.  This 
>seems
>to often seat the string in the agraffe.  I don't know exactly how or why it
>works so often, but I have successfully removed agraffe sizzles with this
>procedure for years.
>
>
>
>Ed Foote RPT
>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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