[CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

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Since the agraffes are out, don't fool with them. Put in new ones. You'll get a better termination. 






---- Lawrence R K Becker <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com> wrote: 
> The agraffes are out of the piano.  I have been putting the polish on,
> letting dry, then buffing with a polishing wheel on a Dremel tool, and using
> a pipe cleaner in a second Dremel tool for the holes and their concavities.
>  
> Lawrence
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> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mccoy,
> Alan
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:05 PM
> To: CAUTlist
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes
> 
> 
> Are you polishing the agraffes in the piano fully strung or removing them?
> Also are you polishing just the outside surfaces?
> 
> Alan
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> From: Lawrence R K Becker <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com>
> Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:23 -0700
> To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes
> 
> Dear Group-
> 
> What polishing compound do you find works well when cleaning up agraffes?  I
> have some from a new Boston that were discolored after an HVAC pipe leaked
> into the piano, down the (mostly) bass strings, and into the agraffes.  I
> used Hagerty Heavy-Duty copper brass & metal polish, which initial tests
> showed to work a little better than Brasso.  The results are not
> acceptable--the discoloration is still there, and the brass did not get that
> high shine I've seen when polishing capstans.
> 
> I'll have to re-do these, and would like to do so only once.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Lawrence Becker, RPT
> Northern Kentucky University
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