Threads, loose threads

[David Ilvedson]

You ask Pianotek for a sample.  I used them on the Stein M/1924 I just
finished and I don't remember any unusual wobble.  They do wobble some but
as long as they tighten up I don't think we have a problem.  

David I.

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On 4/14/01 at 8:45 PM A440A@AOL.COM wrote:

>Inre agraffes, Paul writes: 
><<If you haven't recycled the old ones yet, take out the new ones and send

>them 
>back after making some particular measurements. Restore the old ones.
>You'd 
>have to do the same with the new ones anyway.>>
>
>     This piano is # 201901.  A 1920 model.  I replace the agraffes on
>these 
>pianos because of the failures I have seen after restringing.  I am not so

>much worried about the condition of the holes as I am the structural 
>integrity of the brass. 
>    And to Jim,  these are definitely the 7/32" threads, they are just
>.210" 
>instead of something closer to .219" like the old ones. 
>    Anybody found a better supply of agraffes than the factory, or do they

>all come from the same place?  
>Thanks, 
>Ed Foote RPT