Broken Agraffe removal option

[Farrell]

That has been my experience also.

Terry  Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Broken Agraffe removal option


> I never have any problem..."knock on wood"...when I use an old screwdriver
(size of the agraffe stem) with the tip filed in the shape of an      M
if you understand what I mean?    Pushed into the broken stem with a
vice-grip clamped on and turning counter-clockwise while tapping on the
screwdriver.   They always come right out...
>
> David I.
>
>
>
> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Received: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:30:49 +0200
> Subject: Re: Broken Agraffe removal option
>
> >Way to go Phil !
>
> >Never say you cant teach and old dog new tricks !
>
> >Cheers
> >RicB
>
> >Phil Bondi wrote:
>
> >> I wrote to this list recently asking for advice for removing a broken
> >> agraffe. What I received in return was the sage advice that we all
> >> have come to know from this collection of technicians.
> >>
> >> Before I went to this clients home yesterday, I called a long-time
> >> confidant asking for some guidance, prayer, and any advice he had
> >> since I had never done this type of repair before. I explained to him
> >> what I had read here and what was suggested here.
> >>
> >> He had another idea:
> >>
> >> He suggested that I go to Grainger and get a left-threaded drill
> >> bit(1/8"), an awl, and file 3 equal sides about 1/4" up from the
> >> tip...just in case. The purpose of filing the awl was in the event
> >> that the left-handed drill bit did not remove the agraffe on its own.
> >>
> >> It was his opinion that the left-threaded drill bit would remove the
> >> broken agraffe on its own without the aide of the awl..and if it did,
> >> I would own him a hamburger.
> >>
> >> Make it a Happy Meal.
> >>
> >> Here's the procedure I used yesterday to easily remove a broken
agraffe:
> >>
> >> -Apply some Liquid Wrench to the broken stub.
> >> -With the awl, lightly tap a starting hole/point for the drill bit to
> >> bite into.
> >> -insert the drill bit and start slowly..trying to find a bite.
> >>
> >> As soon as the drill bit found a bite, the agraffe started to spin
> >> free. At this point, there is no need to do anything else except
> >> remove the stub with your fingers..or in Guy Nichols' case, perhaps
> >> use tweezers to remove the stub.
> >>
> >> I will admit that I had, obviously, never removed a broken agraffe
> >> until yesterday. I am here to suggest to the experienced techs as well
> >> as the new techs to strongly consider this type of procedure the next
> >> time you're faced with a broken agraffe. For a person like myself,
> >> skiddish at best when working on a clients piano doing a procedure I
> >> have never done before, that outside of the sweat pouring off my face
> >> in nervousness, this procedure could not have been more tech-friendly
> >> as well as plate-friendly.
> >>
> >> For those who don't know, Grainger only allows businesses to have an
> >> account with them. It costs nothing to fill out an application. I had
> >> an account with them since this same confidant had suggested it a few
> >> years ago. Grainger has the odd and hard-to-find stuff.
> >>
> >> You can't imagine the relief I felt when I saw that stub start to turn.
> >>
> >> One Happy Meal..coming up.
> >>
> >> Phil Bondi(Fl)
>
>
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