<!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 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get ahold of Isaac Sadigurssky phone = 818 991 3672 He has all the answers to this very problem. With your discription of = the damage, he will be able to suggest the correct drill bit sizes for the = helix repair.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=falcone1132@tmlp.com = href="mailto:falcone1132@tmlp.com">Marshall Connolly</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 10, = 2005 8:11 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinway Agraffe = problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was called in to assess (and hopefully) repair a broken agraffe in a Steinway B at a local college.  The agraffe "malfunction" occurred during the last = tuning, and the tuner attempted to drill out the agraffe, but rather than = drilling, and using an easy-out to remove the broken portion, she and her husband = tried to simply drill out the hole in the plate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They drilled with a bit larger than = the original agraffe hole, and now even the largest of my agraffe = assortment isn't large enough to fill the hole after retapping.  I am left = thinking that the only remedy may be to retap and have a machinist fabricate an = agraffe, as the Steinway agraffes simply swim around in this hole.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any recommendations about = remedying this problem (shy of replacing the plate) would be truly = appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marshall Connolly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boston Chapter #12836</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>