[CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR

[Ed Sutton]

At NAMM I met a fellow who was trying to promote a solid granite piano 
bridge.
Ed S.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR


> On 1/18/2011 8:18 PM, Fred Sturm wrote:
>
>> As to whether the bridge agraffe "enhances" tone, that can be in the ear
>> of the listener, but it seems clear that it changes the envelope,
>> increases sustain.
>
> This has been addressed on Pianotech (that other list). An additional kilo 
> of agraffe mass on the bridge will increase sustain and change the tonal 
> envelope without any inherently magical properties of the agraffe.
> Ron N