Hello to All, After rebuilding many Sohmers I have found no pattern faults with the agraffe bridge system. In fact they give less problems than the standard system. I have also found that this system is easy to work with and is very forgiving. Most of these will be found in the Cupid and scale" 9" models. The fault patterns with these pianos is the top lids are prone to crack especially on the scale "9" and on the Cupid the plate is prone to crack on the strut right at # 88 hammer behind the capo-bar. For years I had these repaired. Then I discovered that the crack did not hurt anything, tune it to 440 and go.. Hope this helps, Regards, to all Jack Wyatt
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