[pianotech] Broken Agraffe

[Keith McGavern]

First thing you need to determine is if the broken piece is seized in  
place or not.
If it can be freely moved in its present state, your handy hammer  
won't be handy at all, but a potential detriment.

Keith

On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Matthew Todd wrote:

> I'll be replacing a broken agraffe soon, in a 1981 Steinway M.
>
> I have done some research on the online archives.  What I may do to  
> extract the broken piece (it has broken pretty flush with the  
> plate), is take an awl with my handy hammer and make a slot so I can  
> then take my screwdriver and slowly back the broken agraffe out.
>
> Does that sound reasonable?

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