Agraffe Pings

[Mark Cramer]

Hi Avery,
I have not done this with new aggraffes, but from what others such as Roger
have encountered, I think I will. I do not like the abrassive cord, it wears
out too quick. I am curious about cello string now, though the bike-shifter
cable works fine, as promised.

One thing about new aggraffes (these from Pianotek),is that the holes work
out about 1mm higher than the originals. Although 1mm at the aggraffe has
much less effect (on downbearing) than it would in the backlength, it's
still worth taking into consideration.

On the 'O' I am currently re-bellying, I installed new aggraffes at
beginning, middle and end of sections, before setting the bearing.

I also had an assistant buff the set of new agraffes and coat with clear
lacquer.

best regards,
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Avery
Todd
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:29 PM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: RE: Agraffe Pings


Mark,

Do you also do this when new agraffes are installed? That's the case
in this particular piano of mine. New agraffes before stringing.

Avery

>I picked up a great tip on aggraffes from this lift. A retired colleague
>suggested whipping through each hole (prior to restringing) several times
>with a length of bicycle brake cable.
>
>I do this as a matter of course now, although it is actually bicycle
>'shifter' cable that is the correct size. No more than a couple of passes
>though, unless you really like levelling strings.
>
>Mark Cramer,
>Brandon University