Paint in agraffe plate holes/agraffe reaming

[Bob Hull]

List,
Two Questions:

1. What methods do some of you us to keep paint from
getting into the agraffe plate holes and threads when
you repaint a grand plate?  (I have removed the old
agraffes and removed the paint that was on them from
the last job somebody did on this piano.  I won't
repaint these but rather buff them up to their natural
beauty.)

2. What is your favorite way to ream agraffes? (I wish
I could find the notes I had from Paul Revenko-Jones
on his method.  These are an odd size or I would just
replace them.  Most of the archive stuff on agraffe
reaming is really about agraffe seating.)

Thanks for your suggestions.

Bob

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