Mary writes: > or should I clean and ream? If >cleaning is recommended, what would be the best thing to use? Thanks in >advance for input. The only working part of the agraffe is the bearing surface against the string. I would clean them up and then ream them with a home-made reamer. I use a heavy cut-off piece of bass core wire, rolled between two files near the end, and then swedged until it is just wider than the agraffe holes. This makes a fairly gentle burnish/grind tool that will do about three grands. If you leave about 1/8" round at the end, it makes a good pilot as you guide the reamer into the agraffe and hit the trigger on the variable speed 1/4" drill you have it chucked in. Yes, you can sling that thing if you are careless, but with about a 10 inches of wire, and a gentle touch, a set of agraffes can be resized in about three minutes. I have examined the results with a lens, and it almost completely erases the previous string marks at the bearing points. I've never had a notchy result yet. Regards, Ed Foote
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