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Greetings,

We have been struggling with a piano that makes a ticking sound caused by the steel wires rendering poorly through the agraffes (the manufacturer has confirmed this understanding of the issue). The problem first reared its ugly head some years into the life of this piano and continues to get worse. Neither Protek nor Counter Bearing Lube have helped in the slightest. Dealing with this annoyance slows down the tuning process so, not fun.

Any suggestions how to remedy this problem? I have experienced this on pianos by a variety of makers, but never as prominent and widespread as on the present piano.<o:p></o:p>

Thanks,

Alan

Greetings,

We have been struggling with a piano that makes a ticking sound caused by the steel wires rendering poorly through the agraffes (the manufacturer has confirmed this understanding of the issue). The problem first reared its ugly head some years into the life of this piano and continues to get worse. Neither Protek nor Counter Bearing Lube have helped in the slightest. Dealing with this annoyance slows down the tuning process so, not fun.

Any suggestions how to remedy this problem? I have experienced this on pianos by a variety of makers, but never as prominent and widespread as on the present piano.<o:p></o:p>

Thanks,

Alan

Wim,

If it were only one string, then maybe a nick in the wire could be the cause. But it seems unlikely that this has happened to every string that passes through an agraffe on pianos suffering from this condition.

Alan

Greetings,

We have been struggling with a piano that makes a ticking sound caused by the steel wires rendering poorly through the agraffes (the manufacturer has confirmed this understanding of the issue). The problem first reared its ugly head some years into the life of this piano and continues to get worse. Neither Protek nor Counter Bearing Lube have helped in the slightest. Dealing with this annoyance slows down the tuning process so, not fun.

Any suggestions how to remedy this problem? I have experienced this on pianos by a variety of makers, but never as prominent and widespread as on the present piano.<o:p></o:p>

Thanks,

Alan

Greetings,

We have been struggling with a piano that makes a ticking sound caused by the steel wires rendering poorly through the agraffes (the manufacturer has confirmed this understanding of the issue). The problem first reared its ugly head some years into the life of this piano and continues to get worse. Neither Protek nor Counter Bearing Lube have helped in the slightest. Dealing with this annoyance slows down the tuning process so, not fun.

Any suggestions how to remedy this problem? I have experienced this on pianos by a variety of makers, but never as prominent and widespread as on the present piano.<o:p></o:p>

Thanks,

Alan

Decades ago, I got ready to string a Stwy O with a bad case of snickers in its 70-y-o plain steel wire, expecting to find nicks in the wire where it passed through the agraffes. I couldn't see any under strong light, nor feel any with a thin screwdriver blade. But there was no snickering with the fresh wire.

Greetings,

We have been struggling with a piano that makes a ticking sound caused by the steel wires rendering poorly through the agraffes (the manufacturer has confirmed this understanding of the issue). The problem first reared its ugly head some years into the life of this piano and continues to get worse. Neither Protek nor Counter Bearing Lube have helped in the slightest. Dealing with this annoyance slows down the tuning process so, not fun.

Any suggestions how to remedy this problem? I have experienced this on pianos by a variety of makers, but never as prominent and widespread as on the present piano.<o:p></o:p>

Thanks,

Alan