Thanks: Re: agraffes on - agraffes off

[David Love]

It's easier to take a bit off the bottom of the agraffe.  I believe Pianotek
sells a tool for just such a task.  As brass is quite soft, you can use it
as a hand tool to make fine adjustments without adding washers.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Foster" <pno2nr@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: December 13, 2001 4:19 PM
Subject: Thanks: Re: agraffes on - agraffes off


>
> 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
>
>
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