Agraffes

[S. Brady]

Lorlin,
	PianoTek still carries them. Cat. #AR-12, Agraffe Reamer. They
work great.

Steve

On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Lorlin D. Barber wrote:

> About 5 years ago I was at the Central Regional PTG meeting in Minneapolis and
> Susan Graham was giving a class there.  Susan had fabricated the nicest little
> hand held agraffe countersink tool.  At that time Pianotech supply was to be
> carrying it.  I have been looking for this tool since then but to no avail.
> 
> If anyone knows the source of this gem, I assure you it would be of great benefit
> in this situation (and I would be delighted as well).
> 
> Lorlin Barber
> Iowa State Univ.
> Music Dept.
> 
> Paul Kupelian wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Of course replacing the agraffes would be the best solution.  However, if
> > you decide to clean them, I have found that using a buffing belt or wheel
> > with red
> > rouge does a nice job of polishing, and then follow that up with the
> > reaming.
> >
> > I made a neat little agraffe holder out of oak that I use to hold the
> > agraffe against the belt or wheel.  (I use a Delta 1" belt sander that I
> > have buffing belts for.) The tool is 1" X 1/2" X 3". I sanded
> > it to a bevel on one end so it looks like a giant carpenters pencil.  I
> > drilled a hole in the center just large enough to thread the agraffe in.
> > Works great and I don't end up buffing my fingers even though sometimes
> > they may need it too (:>.
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Mary C. Smith wrote:
> >
> > > List,
> > >
> > > I have just encountered a Baldwin L with cat pee on the piano wire in the
> > > mid-range. The urine has caused considerable rusting on the pin side of the
> > > strings in this area, and strings are all ready starting to break. I plan to
> > > restring the mid-range plain wire only, as the problem is confined to this
> > > area, and I know the customer does not want to afford a complete
> > > restringing. My question is this: should I replace all or some of the
> > > agraffes (4 of them are polluted with crud), or should I clean and ream? If
> > > cleaning is recommended, what would be the best thing to use? Thanks in
> > > advance for input.
> > >
> > > Mary Smith
> > >
> 
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> 
> 
> 


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Steve Brady, RPT
Head Piano Technician, University of Washington
Editor, Piano Technicians Journal