Hello David & List As they say..."a picture is worth a thousand words" but the words were good as well. I have made a print-out of your procedure.. Regards Michael G.(UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Vanderhoofven" <david@vanderpiano.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 2:47 PM Subject: Re: My First Agraffe Repair > Thank you, thank you, thank you! > > It took more time to assemble the items in my agraffe repair kit than it > did to do the actual repair. > > The agraffe had broken off at the top of the threaded stem, so I center > punched it and used a left handed drill bit turning counter clockwise and > the agraffe stem came right out! I did lose the beckets of the wire, but > was able to reuse the bass strings. Thanks to you guys I can now do this > confidently and quickly. My agraffe repair kit is in a small plastic tool > case, with a combination t-handle, an agraffe turning tool, an assortment > of agraffes (single, double, triple) an assortment of left hand drill > bits, > an assortment of easy outs, a 1/4" tap wrench, and a tap for both sizes of > agraffe threads, and JB Weld (just in case). > > Interestingly, the tone on the unison with the new agraffe is much more > pleasant. The rest of the piano is loud and harsh and terrible, but the > unison with the new agraffe actually sounds pretty good. Perhaps the > spacing of the new agraffe holes is different and the strings are now in a > new position on the hammer. But possibly the old agraffes are so worn and > grooved from string contact that the strings are just buzzing and noisy > from poor terminations? > > Next time I restring I am seriously going to consider installing new > agraffes if it will help the tone. > > Happy Saint Patricks Day! > > David Vanderhoofven > Joplin, MO > > At 10:05 AM 3/4/2005, you wrote: >>What a coincidence! My first tuning of the day, and there is a broken >>agraffe in the bass (Kimball microgrand). This will be a first for me. I >>never thought I would need to use this information, but I am ready to do >>this repair, thanks to all of you on the list. I have printed out all the >>recent information about broken agraffe removal and replacement and am in >>the midst of putting together an agraffe replacement kit. >> >>This list is a blessing, and you guys are great! I will keep you posted. >> >>Thanks! >>David Vanderhoofven >>Joplin, MO > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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