<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the info on the tumbler. A reason for putting used agraffes back in order is that the beveled seat is already partially crushed. With new agraffes you can do quite a bit of aligning. Once they've been on there is not as much freedom to align them. A problem I've found with new ones is the height. Raising (usually) the string height in the agraffe section a mm or 2. A counter bore like Pianotech sells solves this problem but gets rid of the bevel. Not good IMO. I re-ground one  to match the bevel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Good point Fenton. The bevel is probably what makes Steinways so much better to align (even new) than Bechsteins. How do you ground a bevel in agraffes? Nice website by the way.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Boston, Massachusetts</DIV> <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"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>