Buffing Agraffes

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, William,

Google is your friend.

Here are a couple of sample pages for tumblers/vibrators and polishing
media:

http://www.dadsrockshop.com/tumbler_pkg.html

(The vibrating type polisher was not realistically available when I got
going.  They seem to be smaller quantity, but for most piano work, that
would not really matter too much.)

http://www.dadsrockshop.com/tumbler_metalfinish.html

The above are from a google search: "lapidary supplies".

Sorry that I did not include something like this when I first posted.

Best regards.

Horace





Quoting "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>:

> Horace,
>
> Do you have a photo/link/web site for something like this?  It is
> something
> I'm a little unfamiliar with.  How long does it take to get something
> like a
> set of agraffes polished up?
>
> Thanks,
> William R. Monroe
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley at stanford.edu>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>; "David Love"
> <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Buffing Agraffes
>
>
> > Hi, David,
> >
> > Quoting David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>:
> >
> > > I'm buffing out some new agraffes that have tarnished a bit--what a
> pain!
> > > Any suggestions on the best buffer set up for this.
> >
> > I've used a stone and gem lapidary polisher for years.  Basically a
> rotating
> > coffee can set horizontally on rollers that are motor driven, and using
> > crushed walnut shells or some similar abrasive.  Great finish and
> basically
> > no work.
> >
> > Best.
> >
> > Horace
> >
> >
>
>
>