Hi, Nick! check-out with Herb at Schaff....They inherited a lot of stuff from APSCO and there was a huge BUCKET full of ORIGINAL M&H 9/32" agraffes ...Good luck!!! isaac On Mar 4, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Nick Gravagne wrote: > Hello All, > > Agraffes recently removed from a Boston M&H BB (#35000 circa 1927) are > dimensioned at 0.280" stud (includes threads), and near as I can > tell the > TPI is metric at 0.75 but I don't take this to be accurate. Still, I > couldn't get the gage's 32 or 36 TPI to line up right with the > threads. > > The standard 1/4" stud just falls in the hole. > > A prior tech removed the originals and "cleaned" them up by sand > blasting, > or so it seems by the slightly pitted appearance; otherwise nothing > is bent > or weird looking. The string holes have not been touched or redressed. > > Pianotek does not offer this size (that I can see from the catalog), > neither > does Schaff. The idea of plugging and re-tapping for standard > agraffes is, > of course, possible but relatively time consuming, and there is no > room for > error. > > Anyone replaced these recently, and if so with what? Any > reconditioning > anecdotes worth sharing? > > Thanks > > Nick Gravagne, RPT > Piano Technicians Guild > Member Society Manufacturing Engineers > Voice Mail 928-476-4143 > > >
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