Threads, loose threads

[Ron Nossaman]

>     This piano is # 201901.  A 1920 model.  I replace the agraffes on these 
>pianos because of the failures I have seen after restringing.  I am not so 
>much worried about the condition of the holes as I am the structural 
>integrity of the brass. 
>    And to Jim,  these are definitely the 7/32" threads, they are just .210" 
>instead of something closer to .219" like the old ones. 
>    Anybody found a better supply of agraffes than the factory, or do they 
>all come from the same place?  
>Thanks, 
>Ed Foote RPT

Hi Ed,
You can always tap the plate holes to 1/4" and get a decent fit on another
new set.

Ron N