>I'm cleaning a set from an old M&H. > >The brass is so soft that even the slightest pressure has the tool digging >deeply into the metal. >Is burrs can easily be carved off with an Exact knife, it's so soft. > >I'd like to just replace them but the threads mic' at .280" (9/32). > >Stuck between a rock and a soft place... >Regards, > >Jon Page, piano technician They're 34 tpi too, to add to the fun. Near as I can tell, your choices are: 1: Pretend the originals are fine. 2: Contact Schaff and see if they can find the 9/32x34tpi agraffes that APSCO started making about three years ago as I reported on the List. 3: Tap the plate to 5/16NF, thread brass 5/16 tubing (purchased or made from brass rod), cut to length, Loc-Tite appropriate lengths into the plate, thread to 1/4x36, and install new agraffes. 4: A steel or iron oxide filled epoxy (or something else more appropriate that I haven't learned about) to take up the space between the 9/32x34 hole, and the 1/4x36 agraffe stud. I'd start with door #2. Ron N
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