agraffe/agraffe shaving jig?

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Dave,

Rather than sandpaper, I would use cloth-backed 
sheets designed for metal work.  The oxide is harder and will last longer.

Best.

Horace


At 09:36 PM 11/1/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,Dave! You need to use 60 or 80 sandpaper or 
>‘Dragon skin” for that application,it must be 
>coarse to work on Brass.. If you Overdue it-you 
>can always use Agraffe shim to level-raise it 
>for correct level.. Good Luck to you.. Isaac
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
>[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of piannaman at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:27 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: agraffe/agraffe shaving jig?
>
>Hi Isaac,
>
>Thanks for the tip.  I actually tried something 
>akin to this.  I drilled a 1/4 inch hole in a 
>packing block I got from the bottom panel of a 
>Kawai upright, attached some sandpaper, and 
>turned the agraffe around many times while 
>applying pressure.  I didn't see any brass 
>flecks coming off, so I assumed it wasn't working.
>
>Guess I need to have a bit more patience!
>
>Dave Stahl
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: irs.pianos at earthlink.net
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Sent: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 7:37 PM
>Subject: RE: agraffe/agraffe shaving jig?
>Hi,Dave!  You can invest in Machinist’s 
>Mill,Pianotech has them in their Catalog. I will 
>tell you CD trick {Cheap and dirty}:Take Hammer 
>Sanding File,drill ¼” hole.Drop the agraffe in 
>it and start making turns left and 
>right,applying some pressure  on the Agraffe and 
>watch buttom of the agraffe getting smaller.The 
>Machinist mill works a lot faster,it has sharper 
>teeth,but sandpaper on a paddle will do the 
>trick.  I had learned that trick while teaching 
>the agraffe class 20 years ago,being so proud of 
>Machinist Mill and then a real old-timer from 
>Massachussets shared with me that inexpensive 
>trick after the class I tried it,it woyks!!
 
>Hope it helps.. Good Luck!!   Isaac Sadigursky,RPT  Los Angeles chapter
>
>
>----------
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
>[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of piannaman at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:54 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: agraffe/agraffe shaving jig?
>
>  Hi all,
>
>I replaced a broken agraffe on a Sohmer 57 grand 
>that's 31 years old, but the shoulder is too 
>high, which leaves the strings too high as 
>well.  It works, more or less, but it sounds 
>kind of buzzy at the moment.  I want to get the job done correctly.
>
>The shoulder on the stock Schaff agraffes is 
>1/8" thick, I believe, and what I need is closer 
>to 1/16".  If anybody has 1/4" agraffes with a 
>1/16" shoulder, I'll gladly purchase them.  I need one for a bicord.
>
>IN the absence of that, does anyone have a way 
>of shaving down the shoulders for a better 
>fit?  And would this affect the its ability to 
>thread into the plate?  Former chapter member 
>Carl Meyer, rest his soul, almost certainly had 
>just the device (and advice) I need...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave Stahl
>
>Dave Stahl Piano Service
>650-224-3560
>dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
>http://dstahlpiano.net/
>
>
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