Steinway M Agraffe - Broke?

[Bill Maxim]

Susan,

The last one I did was a B from from 1981.  And yes, the stem stub did spin
out easily with some counter-clockwise urging.

Tongue twister, anyone, on Steinway stem stubs ... ?

Bill (Old) Maxim <G>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>

> Both these pianos (an M and a B) were from the 70's. I suspect that people
were in a hurry and overturned the agraffes to line them up, instead of
using plate shims. The stem took the torque for about thirty years, and then
thought it had put up with enough.