<html> Hi David,                   It is called a counter bore.  Use in combination with shims, it makes the job a snap, and it all goes fairly quickly. regards Roger At 05:35 PM 12/13/01 -0800, you wrote: >It's easier to take a bit off the bottom of the agraffe.  I believe Pianotek >sells a tool for just such a task.  As brass is quite soft, you can use it >as a hand tool to make fine adjustments without adding washers. > >David Love > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Foster" <pno2nr@hotmail.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: December 13, 2001 4:19 PM >Subject: Thanks: Re: agraffes on - agraffes off > > >> >> List, >> >> Many thanks to the person who made the suggestion (I forget who it was >now) >> about swapping agraffes in order to get them lined up without using shims. >> I tried that yesterday on a Steinway A, and in most cases it worked quite >> well.  Switching one agraffe that was turned too far with one that was not >> turned far enough seemed to do the trick for each of them.  I still had to >> use about a dozen or so shims here and there, but that's not bad for a >whole >> set.  Plus, it presents the agraffe replacement job as a kind of puzzle, >> making it more enjoyable. >> >> One tip I have not seen published here involves using a flat 3/8" speedbit >> to remove a little (a little now!) material from the agraffe recesses. >The >> spur keeps the bit centered in the agraffe hole.  This has worked well for >> me for those agraffes that are just shy of lining up. >> >> Dave Foster >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: <a href="http://mobile.msn.com/" eudora="autourl">http://mobile.msn.com</a> >> >> > </html>