Steinway M

Jeff Tanner jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:44:49 -0600


 I also have to replace an
>agraffe when I return.  A previous tech had attempted a replacement before,
>but looks like he chose the wrong type of agraffe.  That, or the plate
>threads were messed up, and he didn't want to fiddle with it anymore. The
>replaced agraffe was higher than its neighbors.  This was intentionally left
>this way because the hammer height was raised in an attempt to keep the
>touch the same as the others.  This will be my first agraffe replacement,
>and I figure I can at least do better than that.  :-)
>
>
>John Formsma
>Blue Mountain, MS


Better get a Steinway agraffe!

They're expensive (what isn't at Steinway?), but they fit.  If tri-chord,
Steinway has both wide and narrow.  Be sure of which one.  There are also 2
shank diameters.

Jeff

Jeff Tanner, Piano Technician
School of Music
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803)-777-4392 (phone)
(803)-777-6508 (fax)




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