Agraffe Pings (was Re: Out of control)

[Avery Todd]

Jim and list,

Have others experienced this 'ping' problem on newer pianos or rebuilt
ones with new agraffes? I never had until the last 3 yrs. or so. And
it also seems to only be on Steinway agraffes.

Is this an agraffe problem? Is there any way to correct it short of
replacing the agraffes? One of our D's here have a few notes in the
middle and lower middle that are extremely difficult to tune. When they
ping, they always jump too far! The effect is very similar to those
snappy Baldwin tuning pins. Frustrating!!!!!!!

Avery

>BTW, the replacement piano for this performance was a new 'D'.
>It's still relatively "green", and coupled with the humidity swings, I
>have to jockey across agraffe pings *and* ratcheting pins to find the
>sweet spot. No doubt it will experience the same fate... just faster!
>
>Jim Harvey
>
>
>Jim Harvey
>harvey@greenwood.net
>Greenwood (n): the largest city in South Carolina WITHOUT an Interstate