<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems to me the height would be the same whether there was a shim under an aggraffe or an equal free space from not being seated with loc tite being used. I find aggraffes can be turned quite a bit to line up, if not I remove a little from the seat with a beveled mill that retains the seat profile.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com href="mailto:AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com">AlliedPianoCraft</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:37 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Loc-Tite Agraffes</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>At the factory, we always used shims. Wont change the downbearing enough to make a difference.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mr. G<BR>Allied PianoCraft<BR>PO Box 1549<BR>High Point, NC 27261<BR>(336) 454-2000<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:PianoTech@alliedpianocraft.com"><FONT face=Arial>PianoTech@alliedpianocraft.com</FONT></A><BR><A href="http://www.alliedpianocraft.com"><FONT face=Arial>www.alliedpianocraft.com</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Bob Hull" <</FONT><A href="mailto:hullfam5@yahoo.com"><FONT face=Arial>hullfam5@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:59 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: Loc-Tite Agraffes</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>> In trying to sea?t new agraffes that don't tighten in the proper position, has anybody every tried loc-tite blue?  How would that compare to CA?<BR>> The agraffe could be turned to the correct position then simply "locked" down with an adhesive of this nature that would still allow for future removal?<BR>> This seems like it would be better than worrying with shims that may make the agraffe sit too high and thus loose downbearing.<BR>> <BR>> I haven't had much experience with loc-tite so I'm not sure how strong of a bond it creates.<BR>> <BR>> Bob Hull<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>      ____________________________________________________________________________________<BR>> Looking for last minute shopping deals?  <BR>> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.  </FONT><A href="http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping"><FONT face=Arial>http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial>></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>