[CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

[pmctooner at cfl.rr.com]

Yes,  experience !!




---- PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote: 
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> In a message dated 9/24/2009 12:45:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> pmctooner at cfl.rr.com writes:
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> 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. :-)
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> Paul
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> ---- 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
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> >    _____  
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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
> > To: CAUTlist
> > Subject:  Re: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes
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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?
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> > Alan
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> > 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-
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> > 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.
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> > Any help appreciated.
> > 
> > Lawrence  Becker, RPT
> > Northern Kentucky University
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