[CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

[PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/24/2009 12:45:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
pmctooner at cfl.rr.com writes:

Since  the agraffes are out, don't fool with them. Put in new ones. You'll 
get a  better termination.
Can you provide some proof of that statement? I'd love to see it. :-)
 
Paul








---- Lawrence R K Becker  <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com> wrote: 
> 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
> 
>    _____  
> 
> 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
> To: CAUTlist
> Subject:  Re: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes
> 
> 
> Are you polishing the  agraffes in the piano fully strung or removing 
them?
> Also are you  polishing just the outside surfaces?
> 
> Alan
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Lawrence R K  Becker <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com>
> Reply-To: CAUTlist  <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:23 -0700
> To:  CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
> 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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