In a message dated 9/24/2009 12:45:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time, pmctooner at cfl.rr.com writes: Since the agraffes are out, don't fool with them. Put in new ones. You'll get a better termination. Can you provide some proof of that statement? I'd love to see it. :-) Paul ---- Lawrence R K Becker <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com> wrote: > The agraffes are out of the piano. I have been putting the polish on, > letting dry, then buffing with a polishing wheel on a Dremel tool, and using > a pipe cleaner in a second Dremel tool for the holes and their concavities. > > Lawrence > > _____ > > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mccoy, > Alan > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:05 PM > To: CAUTlist > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes > > > Are you polishing the agraffes in the piano fully strung or removing them? > Also are you polishing just the outside surfaces? > > Alan > > > > _____ > > From: Lawrence R K Becker <lawrence.becker at insightbb.com> > Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:23 -0700 > To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes > > Dear Group- > > What polishing compound do you find works well when cleaning up agraffes? I > have some from a new Boston that were discolored after an HVAC pipe leaked > into the piano, down the (mostly) bass strings, and into the agraffes. I > used Hagerty Heavy-Duty copper brass & metal polish, which initial tests > showed to work a little better than Brasso. The results are not > acceptable--the discoloration is still there, and the brass did not get that > high shine I've seen when polishing capstans. > > I'll have to re-do these, and would like to do so only once. > > Any help appreciated. > > Lawrence Becker, RPT > Northern Kentucky University > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090924/114635e0/attachment.htm>
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