<< particularly obstreperous D I got down close and checked. The agraffe was cock-eyed! Look closely on some pianos and you will note the agraffes aren't always parallel to the same plane from one to the next...Grrrrr! >> Greetings, Yes, it amazes me that the Standard Piano of the World is built so carelessly. It is not at all uncommon to find Steinways with the agraffe holes in the plate bored so poorly that there is no way to bend the wires to accomdate a truly level hammer strike point. The entire agraffe is canted to one side,(usually the treble) When this problem is accompanied by poorly made agraffes, there is a real mess. I usually have several hammers that are slightly crooked on the strike point in order to make even contact with the strings. And I still don't understand why it is so difficult for the factory to space the agraffes evenly! Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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