broken agraffe

[Alan Forsyth]

Yes, agraffe is French, meaning "staple" as in tying down something. Here in 
the "olde worlde" we use the term "studs"  but  the term has somehow gained 
other connotations ( although I suppose in that context it still means 
holding down something).

AF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: broken agraffe


> Hi Terry,
> An awl will work but it is real slow. Use a punch smaller than the agraffe
> stump, and give it a whack to loosen up the threads. Treat the stump to a
> little Goose Juice and at a 45% angle lightly tap in a counter clock wise
> direction.
> A faster way is a screw driver ground sharp on the end in the form of a V
> Tap into the brass and remove agraffe.
>
> Hey is agraffe French?
>
> Joe Goss RPT
> Mother Goose Tools