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For drilling stops I've used a drilled out small wood dowel tapered and glued to the drill bit with CA, or simply blue masking tape wrapped around the bit. The latter is springy but can work well. But ...

Last time I had to replace an agraffe I seriously did not want to have to replace the strings. This is what I did, and there have been no problems. Knowing how to do a string splice can save you a lot ...

I have replaced an agraffe with original strings, though I did it more on a personal dare. Today I replaced a Steinway agraffe and installed two new strings (tenor #17).  Rather than bother with tuning ...