<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two questions about = agraffes...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.) Are agraffes loose enough to be = used as string spacers, an accident waiting to happen? ( new entry level grand on = showroom floor ) Yes, the factory workers used the agraffes as adjustments for = the trichord damper felt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.) In a decent quality grand ( rhymes = with hamburger ), on another showroom floor, would it be foolhardy of me to = try to force a few misaligned agraffes far enough that the strings could be = levelled in the same plane as the rest of them? These agraffes are tight, I could = not budge them with the small agraffe tool that fits in the combination handle. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suggestions anyone? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Owen = Greyling</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>