string termination

[Farrell]

What manufacture is that piano?

My understanding of this agraffe design is that there is a tendency for the 
string to migrate to one end or the other of the harder metal rod section 
within the agraffe hole and end up buzzing on the brass anyway.

Terry Farrell

> Seems like I have agraffes that have a metal rod insert.  A hole is 
> drilled
> through the agraffe such that when the metal rod is inserted it is only
> slightly exposed at the top of each hole.  That puts the string 
> termination
> in contact with the hardened metal rod rather than the brass.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net