agraffes

[Overs Pianos]

David wrote;

>1.  Is there any difference in quality between agraffes purchased 
>from various suppliers or do they all come from the same source?

There is a huge difference in quality. Don't assume that agraffes 
from a more expensive piano will be higher quality either.

>2.  Should the countersink of the holes be reamed to insure 
>uniformity and proper shape of the inside of the eye?  It has not 
>occurred to me to do this to new agraffes before, but given recent 
>buzzing problems with some new agraffes, I am wondering.

Indeed, a few years ago when we were reshaping agraffe holes on a 
regular basis, we decided to try new agraffes from a manufacturer of 
high repute (since we weren't entirely satisfied with our hole 
reshaping - still the occasional noisy one). To our horror, the new 
ones were considerably worse than our reshaped agraffes.

In recent years, even when using new replacement agraffes, we always 
reshape the string holes. Cut a couple of new agraffes through the 
string holes and inspect the hole profiles with a light and 
magnifying glass. You will often find yourself 'reaching' for that 
descriptive word, 'ordinary'.

Regards,

Ron O
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