Dave writes:
First came the assumptions.......1/4 inch standard Steinway Agraffe size......so I am told.
I have a .215
7/32 is .219 ........hmmm
Something I should know here?<<
What I found, disappointingly enough, was that all the supposed "7/32" agraffes, the threads are all undersized. This was not so in 1915, at least judging from the agraffes I have removed from those vintages. I have had trouble, several times in the past, getting new agraffes to be held securely enough in the plate. The threads would strip before I could snug them sufficiently in position. I was told that all agraffes are made in the same place,and orders from a variety of suppliers seemed to bear this out.
Good luck,
Ed Foote RPT
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