This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi List! I have spent the past couple of hours working on a Steinway L from 1927 = with a broken agraffe. It broke sometime while the family was on = vacation. I have replaced a few of these in the past without incident. = The problem: The remainder would not come out! It seemed to be fused to the plate. = I tried everything including ez outs. I finally drilled it out using = successively larger bits until it was mostly gone. I left the hole = small so the new agraffe could "get a grip" as it turned. It turned in = "very hard" seemingly resulting in a very tight fit. I put the strings = back on. Just as it approached pitch the entire agraffe popped out of = the hole. Enough for today! The lady is a sweetheart who has lived = long enough to know that not everything goes as planned. The Question: Is it possible to shim the agraffe with the old metal pinblock shimming = material to get a tighter fit. Is there a larger size thread on some = agraffes that would fit tighter? Any suggestions from those who've been = there, done that? Thanks! Ray T. Bentley, RPT Alton, IL "Live one day at a time, and make it a masterpiece!" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f7/24/fc/a9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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