<html> Somewhere in the archives is a procedure I in which I used MarineTex to reconstruct the threads. I think the thread was: "Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat" But there is a lot of reading in there on the subject anyways, The best agraffe remover is a 'fish tail' tip ground into a small screw driver. Best of Luck, Jon Page At 03:41 PM 09/24/2000 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>List, I have a piano in my shop about ready to be restrung.  The plate is out of the piano and I'm replacing the agraffes.  Two original agraffes broke in the process of removal, likely due to something that had been spilled onto the plate and froze them in place  a few years back.  Drilling down the center with a 1/8' bit, and turning with an EZ out worked on one.   I tried drilling out the rest of the other agraffe with progressively larger bits, stopping short of 7/32".  I hoped that the bit would follow the brass, and not bugger up the iron plate.  Opps!!  Stripped the threads in the plate. So now I need to plug and tap the hole.  Any hints?  Not having done this before, I'm wondering if it is a fairly straight forward procedure, or is there someone I should have do this for me.  They say if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't learning, right!? Guess I'm learning. Humbly, Gordon Large, RPT Mt. Vernon, ME</blockquote></html>