[pianotech] Question on agraffes

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Jon!
What is the serial number on this piano?
Potential Agraffe Problems are on s/n ##235000-265000.
Good luck!
isaac
On Jun 9, 2010, at 1:53 PM, J. W. Stein wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I have an interesting situation and I would like to know if anyone  
> has any thoughts.  I was called in to look at an older Steinway L  
> (257...)
>
> There were two broken agraffes when I got there.  The weird though  
> is that 6 agraffes had already been replaced.  That means a total of  
> 8 broken agraffes over the life of the piano????
>
> It's rare that I see come across one broken agraffes, but 8????     
> Any thoughts?   Any ideas why 8 may have broken?   Should I assume  
> that more might, or will, break over time?  Could it be a problem  
> with crowning?????
>
> She wants me to go ahead and replace the two remaining agraffes and  
> to regulate the piano.  It needs it badly.  And the piano, though,  
> way out of tune, is tunable as least so far as the tuning pins.  It  
> looks like the pin block and hammers have been replaced over the  
> last few years...they look new.
>
> Jon