<div>Willem,</div> <div>I understand the usage of washers for aligning agraffes perpendicular to the the strings; in this case there are visible differences in heights.  I'm thinking of removing some of the washers and adding to others so the heights are within a few thousandths of an inch. </div> <div>Karen<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Willem Blees</b> <<a href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">wimblees@aol.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>Karen</div> <div> </div> <div>The washers are under the agraffs as spacers, so that the holes are exactly perpendicular to the strings when the agraffs are tightened. The few hundreds of an inch difference in heights of the agraffs are not a problem, and won't effect the speaking length of the strings. The most you might have to do is regulate the hammer blow distance, let off and drop, but even that will be so minute, it will be hard to see.   <br><br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>Piano Tuner/Technician<br>Honolulu, HI<br>Author of <br>The Business of Piano Tuning<br>available from Potter Press<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target="_blank"> www.pianotuning.com</a></div><span class="q"><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Karen Lindsley <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:36keys@gmail.com" target="_blank">36keys@gmail.com </a>><br>To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut@ptg.org</a><br></span> <div><span class="e" id="q_115eb2a031883777_2">Sent: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 3:27 pm<br>Subject: [CAUT] agraffes<br><br> <div> <div>I am restringing a Baldwin 6'4" grand.  The agraffes have varying numbers of washers underneath them with the result that they are at different heights.  In the high treble, there is a capo d'astro bar that determines the speaking length, so I can't see that setting a height for these will be a problem.  However, throughout the tenor and bass, the agraffes set the speaking length termination point.  How do I set the optimum height and even them out? </div> <div>I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.</div> <div>Thanks, Karen</div><br> </div></span></div> <div> <hr style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target="_blank"> AOL Mail</a>!<br> </div></blockquote></div><br>