<HTML>In a message dated 4/5/2003 8:12:49 PM Central Standar= d Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Doesn't sound to me like much o= f a time saving convenience over just replacing them. </BLOCKQUOTE> Ron: At http://motspheres.com/blank3.html you'll find a partial set of pictures I= 've taken over the last year or so which lead me to believe that 1) reaming = just duplicates the original bad geometry of the termination, and 2) replaci= ng agraffes with new ones still requires a great deal of preparation, the sa= me as with old ones as a matter of fact. This set of pictures will be augmen= ted in the future with some others illustrating where certain noises come fr= om in that termination. The whole point is that each agraffe, new or old, ne= eds to be consistently treated to polish the termination into a true curved = shape, although it is impossible to duplicate a fine capo shape with the off= set towards the counterbearing segment. Some agraffe sets in better made pia= nos are in fact canted toward the singing length to create that offset. Paul Revenko-Jones</HTML>