Thanks, John, Ed, Steve, Fred, Rob, Richard, and anyone else I may have overlooked. Now all I have to do is figure out how to break the news to my client, who was only expecting a tuning and ended up with a horrible sounding piano! How much time should something like this take? Should I recommend restringing the whole piano? -----Original Message----- From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jon Page Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 2:11 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: Genuine 1983 Stwy. agraffes At 01:50 PM 03/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Jeannie: > Steve's description of the agraffes is right on. One other thing I >found is that the bolt end was a bit short compared to current replacements, >and that the plate wasn't tapped deep enough to take the new agraffes without >straining some of them. You will need to use a tap to cut the plate threads a >little deeper. It'll make the job much easier when you don't have to worry >about popping off the new agraffes! > Ed Sutton > It's a good idea to always run a tap through when replacing an agraffe. Jon Page
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