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<div>Thanks for the tip. I actually tried something akin to this. I drilled a 1/4 inch hole in a packing block I got from the bottom panel of a Kawai upright, attached some sandpaper, and turned the agraffe around many times while applying pressure. I didn't see any brass flecks coming off, so I assumed it wasn't working.</div>
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<div>Guess I need to have a bit more patience!</div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,Dave! You can invest in Machinist’s Mill,Pianotech has them in their Catalog. I will tell you CD trick {Cheap and dirty}:Take Hammer Sanding File,drill ¼” hole.Drop the agraffe in it and start making turns left and right,applying some pressure on the Agraffe and watch buttom of the agraffe getting smaller.The Machinist mill works a lot faster,it has sharper teeth,but sandpaper on a paddle will do the trick. I had learned that trick while teaching the agraffe class 20 years ago,being so proud of Machinist Mill and then a real old-timer from Massachussets shared with me that inexpensive trick after the class I tried it,it woyks!!… Hope it helps.. Good Luck!! Isaac Sadigursky,RPT Los Angeles chapter</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I replaced a broken agraffe on a Sohmer 57 grand that's 31 years old, but the shoulder is too high, which leaves the strings too high as well. It works, more or less, but it sounds kind of buzzy at the moment. I want to get the job done correctly.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The shoulder on the stock Schaff agraffes is 1/8" thick, I believe, and what I need is closer to 1/16". If anybody has 1/4" agraffes with a 1/16" shoulder, I'll gladly purchase them. I need one for a bicord.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">IN the absence of that, does anyone have a way of shaving down the shoulders for a better fit? And would this affect the its ability to thread into the plate? Former chapter member Carl Meyer, rest his soul, almost certainly had just the device (and advice) I need...</SPAN></FONT></div>
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