More Agraffee

[David Porritt]

On Fri, 7 Jul 1995 PianoGuru@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Michael
>
> Baldwin has a technical bulletin describing such a repair.  There are over
> sized agraffes which would allow you to tap the hole to a larger size and
> install the oversized agraffe.  Only the threaded portion is oversized.
>  Another option is to drill and tap the hole from the bottom, but not all the
> way through.  Then install a special bolt with a hole drilled through its
> length.  When the bolt bottoms out in the hole it is broken off flush.  The
> threads for the original agraffe are then tapped in the pre-drilled hole in
> the bolt.  This repair is used by Baldwin and O. S. Kelly, and is described
> in more detail in the technical bulletin available from Baldwin Technical
> Support at 501-483-6116.
>
> Good Luck,
> Frank Emerson
> Baldwin R & D

Frank,

Any chance that some of those technical bulletins could be made available
here?

David M. Porritt, RPT
SMU - Dallas