[pianotech] Agraffe wrench

[Alan Eder]

There are (or, at least, there USED to be) "T" handles available for combination tools. Or, you can make something from a tire iron. Cut off one of the lug tips, grind a slot to receive agraffes, and apply heat shrink tubing around the arm of the iron the slot is cut into to prevent it from slipping off the agraffe. The great fly-wheel effect comes in handy with all of those fines threads to deal with both coming out and going back in. Or you could just chuck that combo tool into a power drill (with a clutch, for installation).


Alan Eder



-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Mulik <paulmulik at yahoo.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 10:56 am
Subject: [pianotech] Agraffe wrench


I removed a set of agraffes yesterday with the tool that fits in the combination 
handle, and it occurred to me that a much better design would have a T-handle at 
the top that one could turn with both hands, exactly like the wrench that 
plumbers use to shut off the water at the meter, only smaller. Does anyone know 
of a source for an agraffe tool like that?

Paul Mulik
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