[pianotech] Agraffe Reduction

[Ron Nossaman]

PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:

> I've run into exactly the same issue several times, and it is a 
> circumstance which demands agraffe replacement. The serial number range 
> was suggested to me several decades ago by Bill Garlick, then at 
> Steinway. I still don't know if it's worthwhile, any more than any other 
> rule of thumb. And for what it's worth, "rule of thumb" comes from old 
> English law (some still on the books) that states that you can't beat 
> your wife with anything thicker than your thumb. So much for "rules of...".

My rule of thumb is that rules of thumb are only good for 
stuff that doesn't really matter if I screw it up by following 
some stupid rule of thumb.

I think I just hurt myself...
Ron N