[CAUT] Agraff levels

[Andrew Anderson]

Wim
Usually I agree with you but after getting cross-eyed with a 
particularly obstreperous D I got down close and checked.  The 
agraffe was cock-eyed! Look closely on some pianos and you will note 
the agraffes aren't always parallel to the same plane from one to the 
next...Grrrrr!

That said, we do the best we can with levelling.  There doesn't seem 
to be anything to be done about agraffes like that short of 
replacement (which I may yet do) or judicious levelling which can be 
achieved with care and caution.

Andrew

At 05:09 PM 7/17/2006, you wrote:
>There was a post a week or so ago about uneven agraff holes. I believe
>that the problem is not the holes in the agraff, but the bend in
>strings that go through them. Lifting the strings to make them level,
>is actually making the bends the strings the same.
>
>Wim
>Willem Blees, RPT
>Piano Tuner/Technician
>School of Music
>University of Alabama
>Tuscaloosa, AL USA