Will, So you ream them, but don't polish w/ Q-tip as per PRJ's method? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 3:10 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates I knew it, I JUST knew it. You were there lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to pounce, weren’t you, Dr. Evil? J “Port and Polish”? Bet you paint them Candy Apple Red, too! Since you insist, I am going to share a trade secret with you that I normally charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for. For you, a mere ten thousand dollars. I expect the check by early next week. My vacation this year depends on it, so don’t be late. I ream them out with a whatchamacallit that has a curved taper to dress the edges of the aggraffe holes. If you want me to go to the shop and look up the name of the reamer on the box, that’ll be an extra 10k, buster! Will From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:29 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates Will - you don't "rebuild" or "recondition" or replace aggrafes? And I guess I should say, even if you replace, the new ones should be shaped properly. I find that I spend a goodly number of hours "portiing and polishing" new aggrafes to get the proper contour - and old aggrafes, (Although, I almost always replace them). Terry Farrell On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:27 PM, William Truitt wrote: Remove, clean with a wire wheel to brighten the brass, insert flat head nails into holes, spray plate, reinstall agraffes. Will Truitt From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:18 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates Sounds like the best system to me. Heat shrink is on my shopping list also. Now tell me how to deal with the agraffes when they are not being replaced. Al - High Point, NC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100302/98e985fa/attachment.htm>
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