Spraying aggraffes w/lacquer!

[jolly roger]

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At 05:15 PM 12/5/01 -0600, you wrote: 

>
> Hi John,
>                Perhaps I should have made myself clear in my order of doing
> things.
>
> 1. Clean the agraffes.
> 2. Spray them with a mist coat of lacquer.
> 3. Ream them.  ( best of both worlds,  protective coat and virgin brass in
> the holes.)
>
> I also carefully ream new agraffes, many of the new ones have little machine
> burrs than can be noisy. I also spray them.   I have encountered no
problems,
> and they stay nice and bright for a long time.
>
> A lot of agraffe noise and loss of power can be caused, if the strings have
> not been lifted.  On more than one occasion, I have had calls on noisy
> strings, and the problem has been solved just by lifting all the strings. 
>
> Clean correct geometry on all bearing points is essential for clean tone and
> quality voicing.  An extra few hours of work on the detailing in this area
> yields big dividends for years to come.
>
> Regards Roger
>
>
> At 10:02 PM 12/5/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >At 6:38 PM +0100 12/5/01, Richard Brekne wrote:
> >
> >>This one sound very curious indeed. I have seen plenty plates spray
painted
> as
> >>you say... I think it looks a bit silly to gold paint the brass... but I
> have
> >>never found anything that would hint that this would wreck the sound of an
> >>instrument. Tho since its you Joe... I will be on the lookout for the next
> one
> >>of these I run into and see if I can confirm your claim.
> >>
> >>Anyone else have Joes experience ?
> >
> >Maybe a long time ago, and I think it's a valid point.  If I'm using 
> >the original agraffes, I clean them in different ways according to 
> >their condition, sometimes removing them and sometimes not.  I then 
> >gild, generally using a spirit based medium to adhere to the older 
> >finishes, and lacquer with an extremely expensive toluene based 
> >"blending clear" car lacquer.  I usually remove the masking from the 
> >agraffes before the last coat of clear.  But I always carefully clean 
> >the agraffe holes with a sharpened hammer shank at the end of the 
> >process.
> >
> >Wherever possible I use new agraffes and always on Steinways, because 
> >agraffes are cheap and there's a lot of labour in getting old 
> >agraffes looking really nice.  Besides, the termination is most 
> >important and sensitive and funny things can happen to Steinways if 
> >the agraffes get worn.  If I use new agraffes, I do not lacquer over 
> >them.
> >
> >JD
> > 




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