Agraffe reaming

[David Love]

I have routinely used shims for alignment.  A change in height of .007 or
.0035 at the agraffe will not make any appreciable difference in the
height, bearing or anything else.  The agraffe can also be trimmed if you
prefer to work that way.  If there is a concern, set bearing after the new
agraffes are installed.  Sorting through the agraffes screwing them in and
out of each hole to see which one happens to align seems like a very
tedious task and one in which it is very likely you will not end up with
everything working out just right anyway.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 4/6/2003 9:14:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Agraffe reaming
>
>
> Not that I'm aware of, but the shims aren't for alignment anyway. They're 
> for height adjustment. For alignment, you sort through agraffes until you 
> find one that screws in and bottoms out at the alignment angle you want 
> before final tightening.
>