Hi Jim: It never ceases to amaze me how that you with a good dictionary and thesaurus can give so much good solid logic to us butterflies. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Sun, 9 May 1999 JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message dated 5/09/1999 10:27:56 AM, Ron wrote: > > <<Thanks Ron, Jim B, and Jim C, but why would just three agraffes out of the > set do this?>> > > Butterfly, why(?) is a question man has asked through the ages and to > discover the fullness of truth we must decide why(?) we are asking why(?). Is > it to render the effects of the situation differently and perhaps changing > them by knowing the answer? Not likely. Is it to understand what is > happening so that we can change the effects of the situation by manipulatio? > Quite likely. > That being the case we must do "something differently" as in your case of > 'agraffe squeaky gremlins' There are at least four different , yet related, > causes for a "pip squeak' agraffe: > 1. Shape of the hole. > 2. Composition of the brass. > 3. Condition of the string. > 4. Up, or down, pressure on the agraffe. > Therefore changing any one of these factors will change the situation > obtaining and only have three consequences possible: > A. Get rid of the 'pip squeaks' > B. Make the 'pip squeaks' worse or, change the sound. > C. Make no change at all. > Therefore you have only two possible decisions > 1.A. Change something. > 2.B. Change nothing. > Possibly after you make your decision, and if it was 2.B., you will still > wonder why?...however if it was 1.A. and the 'pip squeak' goes away you will > also wonder why? > This is the aproximate state that you are in now....that of asking why(?). > So since the piano is strung and the 'pip squeaks' are in bass strings and > admittedly are not a problem except when tuning and then only a mild > annoyance......leave em alone ! > Butterfly since 'you' can't change the composition of the agraffes or the > wire, without replacing, this only leaves you with two solutions. change the > up/down bearing or change the holes. > > As you have likely changed the up or down bearing already during > restringing that really only leaves you with one decision.......the hole. > > Therfore be it resolved that you shall not replace/reuse agraffes without > paying attention to the hole, its' shape, and its' smoothness......paying > attention meaning to reshape/smooth off/smooth out/clean as needed. > > This resolution will not answer why(?) of course :-) and gremlins, being > gremlins, will still cause mere humans to consider why? > Jim Bryant (FL) >
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