agraffes

[Ron Nossaman]

> > I found loose agraffes like this on a piano I've tuned for over
>ten years
>
>
>I am curious as to how you found the agraffes to be loose?   Did
>you test them with pliers or agraffe removers?  If so, what made
>you test  to begin with?       ----rm


I was tuning it and noticed what looked like a stack of aluminum shims 
under the agraffes around the bass/tenor break. Exploring, I grabbed one 
with pliers and it turned easily, as did some of the others. It was just 
impulse and curiosity.

Ron N