[CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Jan 18 14:59:46 MST 2011


On 1/18/2011 11:30 AM, Fred Sturm wrote:
> Stuart is the source of the concept underlying
> the Phoenix bridge coupling system, a "bridge agraffe" (the Phoenix is
> different in a number of details). That is more interesting and
> important than the extra keys. And it got garbled as expected in a radio
> segment.

There has been lots of garbling concerning bridge agraffes. Stuart 
wasn't, by far, the first piano produced with bridge agraffes, and 
should never have been granted a patent on the concept.

Ron N
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