List, Many thanks to the person who made the suggestion (I forget who it was now) about swapping agraffes in order to get them lined up without using shims. I tried that yesterday on a Steinway A, and in most cases it worked quite well. Switching one agraffe that was turned too far with one that was not turned far enough seemed to do the trick for each of them. I still had to use about a dozen or so shims here and there, but that's not bad for a whole set. Plus, it presents the agraffe replacement job as a kind of puzzle, making it more enjoyable. One tip I have not seen published here involves using a flat 3/8" speedbit to remove a little (a little now!) material from the agraffe recesses. The spur keeps the bit centered in the agraffe hole. This has worked well for me for those agraffes that are just shy of lining up. Dave Foster _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC