No. I've found sprayed agraffs, and earlier years use to spray them and have found no affect on tone. Now I just clean them with a brass cleaner used by gunsmiths. Paul Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Spraying aggraffes w/lacquer! > Joseph Garrett wrote: > > > Wim & all, > > I strongly urge you NOT to spray the aggraffes with lacquer, after cleaning > > and polishing! The lacquer becomes a "contaminate" at the termination point. > > Case in point, we've all seen a "redone" grand, where the plate was sprayed, > > with strings attached. This also included the aggraffes with gold spray all > > over them. And the piano sounded like hell. Why? Because the lacquer was on > > the termination point. Yes, I did clean a few to prove the point and it did > > improve the sound. > > Regards, > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > hmm... this sounds a little suspect... brand new laquer or spray paint you say > ??.. how much could possibly get into the string holes ?... > > Would seem to take a lot laquer to build up a thick enough coat to inhibit or > influence the strings vibration. And how long could the laquer stay in the way > given the strings cutting power ??. > > I am wondering what you used to clean the agraffe with... pehaps you actaully > dressed up the termination itself a bit ??.. > > This one sound very curious indeed. I have seen plenty plates spray painted as > you say... I think it looks a bit silly to gold paint the brass... but I have > never found anything that would hint that this would wreck the sound of an > instrument. Tho since its you Joe... I will be on the lookout for the next one > of these I run into and see if I can confirm your claim. > > Anyone else have Joes experience ? > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > >
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