[CAUT] agraffes

[Karen Lindsley]

Ed,
There wasn't a problem before as far as the performance of the piano, but
I've never encountered such a wide variation before.  Thanks for the
referral to David Hughes' letter.  I'll check it out.
Karen


On 10/28/07, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>  Was there a problem before?  Will someting go wrong if two adjacent notes
> vary by a few hundredths of an inch?
> See David Hughes' letter to the editor in the August 07 Journal.
> Ed S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Karen Lindsley <36keys at gmail.com>
> *To:* caut at ptg.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:27 PM
> *Subject:* [CAUT] agraffes
>
>
> I am restringing a Baldwin 6'4" grand.  The agraffes have varying numbers
> of washers underneath them with the result that they are at different
> heights.  In the high treble, there is a capo d'astro bar that determines
> the speaking length, so I can't see that setting a height for these will be
> a problem.  However, throughout the tenor and bass, the agraffes set the
> speaking length termination point.  How do I set the optimum height and even
> them out?
> I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.
> Thanks, Karen
>
>
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