<!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 5.50.4937.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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></BODY></HTML>