[pianotech] finishing plates

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Will,

So you ream them, but don't polish w/ Q-tip as per PRJ's method?

Alan Eder




-----Original Message-----
From: William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 3:10 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates



I knew it, I JUST knew it.  You were there lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to pounce, weren’t you, Dr. Evil?  J  “Port and Polish”?  Bet you paint them Candy Apple Red, too!
 
Since you insist, I am going to share a trade secret with you that I normally charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for.  For you, a mere ten thousand dollars.  I expect the check by early next week.  My vacation this year depends on it, so don’t be late.
 
I ream them out with a whatchamacallit that has a curved taper to dress the edges of the aggraffe holes.  
 
If you want me to go to the shop and look up the name of the reamer on the box, that’ll be an extra 10k, buster!
 
Will
 
 
 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:29 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates

 
Will - you don't "rebuild" or "recondition" or replace aggrafes? And I guess I should say, even if you replace, the new ones should be shaped properly.

 

I find that I spend a goodly number of hours "portiing and polishing" new aggrafes to get the proper contour - and old aggrafes, (Although, I almost always replace them).

 

Terry Farrell

 

On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:27 PM, William Truitt wrote:






Remove, clean with a wire wheel to brighten the brass, insert flat head nails into holes, spray plate, reinstall agraffes.

 

Will Truitt

 


From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 6:18 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates


 


Sounds like the best system to me. Heat shrink is on my shopping list also.


 


Now tell me how to deal with the agraffes when they are not being replaced.


 


Al - 
High Point, NC



 


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