Steinway Agraffes

[A440A@aol.com]

Guy writes: 
<< Just a thought, fellow fuzzy-faced frolickers, ...... would it be possible 
to use plumbers' Teflon-tape on a slightly undersize thread? I really love 
that stuff for pipe clamps, etc.<<

    I don't think there would be sufficient strength to make much difference, 
plus, there is an impedance question in my mind, (is that what they meant 
when they told me I had a thought impediment?).  I wouldn't like to see anything 
softer than brass entrained between the vibrating string and the plate, 
itself.  I know that the energy absorbtion would be small, but on principle, I would 
have some reservations, (and no, I am not an Indian).  
Regards, 
 
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html