Thanks: Re: agraffes on - agraffes off

[jolly roger]

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Hi David,
                  It is called a counter bore.  Use in combination with shims,
it makes the job a snap, and it all goes fairly quickly.

regards Roger


At 05:35 PM 12/13/01 -0800, you wrote:
>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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