false beats

[Newton Hunt]

I have.  The reason is that the wood is not holding the agraffe real
solidly.  I have thought on this and I have decided I would drill a
small hole in the flat part of the agraffe and allow CA to wick into the
hole until I get a meniscus around the edge of the agraffe bottom that
remains.  Then I know the hole is filled completely.  Use I tissue to
wick up the excess and get a little accelerator in the hole to make the
CA set solidly.  Do this with each agraffe and wait at least 24 hours
before allowing the piano to be played so the CA has a chance to set and
cure.

If you are restringing the piano you can try to get one full turn one
the acragge.  I seriously doubt you will but even if you do I would
secure them with CA in the same way.

This will clean up the sound astonishingly.

		Newton


cdant1 wrote:
> 
> Just wondering if anyone else has experienced a lot of false beats on old
> Sohmer grands. This one has the agraffe bridge instead of the standard 2 pin
> style. I am wondering if over time the bridge agraffes distort the music
> wire making them false beat terribly. The majority of the false beating
> occurs at the tenor/treble break. I am thinking the only remedy would be
> restringing the piano. Does anyone else have suggestions? -Chris