<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>     Hi Ed </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   I can't visualize this. Maybe it's to early= . How about a picture or remedial tutoring?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Greetings, <BR>      Maybe I missed it being menti= oned, but the Steinway factory techs used <BR>a monkey spring with a notch cut a= bove the right angle.  This is placed upon <BR>the agraffe with the right-angle under the string.  With a very slight <BR>levering, a str= ing can be straightened coming out of the agraffe or even slightly bent <BR>ab= ove the agraffe's hole. <BR>      I have done all my string leveling on agraffe-held strings with this <BR>tool for many years and nev= er had a problem.  Very rarely do I find an unlevel <BR>string in the ca= po section, but when I do, a small , filed down string hook is <BR>a very sim= ple way to deal with them. <BR>Regards, <BR><BR>Ed Foote RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Reb= uilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>