[CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

[Porritt, David]

Lawrence:

I'd think it would be easier to just replace them.

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence R K Becker
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

The agraffes are out of the piano.  I have been putting the polish on, letting dry, then buffing with a polishing wheel on a Dremel tool, and using a pipe cleaner in a second Dremel tool for the holes and their concavities.

Lawrence

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mccoy, Alan
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:05 PM
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Are you polishing the agraffes in the piano fully strung or removing them? Also are you polishing just the outside surfaces?

Alan

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From: Lawrence R K Becker <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com>
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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:23 -0700
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Subject: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

Dear Group-

What polishing compound do you find works well when cleaning up agraffes?  I have some from a new Boston that were discolored after an HVAC pipe leaked into the piano, down the (mostly) bass strings, and into the agraffes.  I used Hagerty Heavy-Duty copper brass & metal polish, which initial tests showed to work a little better than Brasso.  The results are not acceptable--the discoloration is still there, and the brass did not get that high shine I've seen when polishing capstans.

I'll have to re-do these, and would like to do so only once.

Any help appreciated.

Lawrence Becker, RPT
Northern Kentucky University
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