[pianotech] Broken Agraffe

[David Ilvedson]

I might add, I clamp on with a vice-grip and tap with a little hammer as I turn counter-clockwise.   If I think about it I might put a drop of Liquid Wrench...don't normally need it though...the trick for Matthew, will be using the same piano wire with the new agraffe...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: Kerry <kerrykean at att.net>
To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 10/8/2009 5:45:59 PM
Subject: RE: [pianotech] Broken Agraffe


>Never heard it called that before but it fits...sort of a piscatorial
>ez-out? Mostly used in the bass... (sorry ;-)

>Kerry Kean
>www.ohiopianotuner.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Ilvedson [mailto:ilvey at sbcglobal.net] 
>Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:11 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Broken Agraffe

>behold the fish tail tool...

>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, CA  94044

>----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>From: Kerry <kerrykean at att.net>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Received: 10/8/2009 11:58:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Broken Agraffe


>>Another trick is to take a flat-head screwdriver a little narrower than the
>>agraffe hole, and file half of the head to a sharp edge.  Then turn it over
>>and do the same to the other side (so the two sharp edges are off-set),
>>gently tap it into the broken part in the plate until it catches and back
>it