That's a good tip! David Ilvedson ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Kent Swafford <kswafford@earthlink.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 21:49:48 -0600 Subject: Re: My First Agraffe Repair - Done >There's little choice but to ream if you have a single agraffe to put >into a single hole and it doesn't fit. However, there is a better way. >Have a handful of agraffes available. If the first one doesn't fit, >take it out and try another, and another until one fits. Each hole will >take only a few tries to find one that fits, and taking advantage of >the natural variation in the fit of the parts is much easier than >reaming. >Kent >On Mar 3, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Terry wrote: >> Glad to hear things worked out for you. Pianotek (I think) sells a >> handy >> little reamer that is specifically designed to evenly shave off brass >> from >> the bottom of the main body of the agraffe. It works well. >> >> Terry Farrell >> >>> That 1927 Steinway agraffe repair came off with hardly a hitch. The >>> new >>> agraffe from Schaff had that conical undercut. Even so, I could not >>> turn >>> it far enough after first contact for proper alignment. And a 10-mil >>> shim >>> washer produced about the same misalignment, only a half-turn earlier. >>> Instead what I did was this. I wrapped the threads with a bit of >>> paper to >>> protect them and then very lightly stroked the seating surface of the >>> agraffe with a fine-toothed machinist’s file. I rotated the agraffe >>> so as >>> to take off material evenly around the seat. The first try was >>> perfect. >>> It delayed first contact by about 90 degrees, which made proper >>> alignment >>> reachable with a very snug fit. >>> >>> And yes, Joe, I did loose one becket, but the old strings went in and >>> are >>> up to pitch. I think it helped that I never completely straightened >>> out >>> the wire ends when I removed the strings. I enlarged the coils just >>> enough to allow the wire to slip out of the agraffe hole. You can >>> twist a >>> surprisingly small coil through an agraffe if you’re careful. >>> >>> Robert Scott >>> Ypsilanti, Michigan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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