It's easier to take a bit off the bottom of the agraffe. I believe Pianotek sells a tool for just such a task. As brass is quite soft, you can use it as a hand tool to make fine adjustments without adding washers. David Love ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Foster" <pno2nr@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: December 13, 2001 4:19 PM Subject: Thanks: Re: agraffes on - agraffes off > > List, > > Many thanks to the person who made the suggestion (I forget who it was now) > about swapping agraffes in order to get them lined up without using shims. > I tried that yesterday on a Steinway A, and in most cases it worked quite > well. Switching one agraffe that was turned too far with one that was not > turned far enough seemed to do the trick for each of them. I still had to > use about a dozen or so shims here and there, but that's not bad for a whole > set. Plus, it presents the agraffe replacement job as a kind of puzzle, > making it more enjoyable. > > One tip I have not seen published here involves using a flat 3/8" speedbit > to remove a little (a little now!) material from the agraffe recesses. The > spur keeps the bit centered in the agraffe hole. This has worked well for > me for those agraffes that are just shy of lining up. > > Dave Foster > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >
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