Agraffed Bridges

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/14/99 8:22:59 PM !!!First Boot!!!, richardb@c2i.net 
writes:

<< But I did notice the presence of a kind of
 Agraffe on the bass bridge, instead of bridge pins. Its been some time since 
I
 last ran into one of these, and I didnt have the benifit of all the 
interesting
 posts I have now from this list back then.
 
 I am wondering then, what kind of effect such agraffes would have on the 
tonal
 quality. (assumeing they could be made to be just as longlasting and 
effective as
 bridge pins).  For that matter, what would be the results of changing the 
pin size
 (mass) on pinned bridges ?
 
 Richard Brekne
 ICPTG >>


Sohmer made a number of these kinds of pianos. For the most part, I think 
they have a kind of howling tone. I have thought about replacing the bridges, 
but that's a lot of work, and I am not sure if the over all quality of the 
piano is worth it.

Willem Blees RPT
St. Louis