George Steck grand

[David Love]

I'm not thinking of agraffes, per se, but something or some structural
alteration to prevent any extrusion that might contribute to false beats. 
My first question is has anybody made such a change and found any small
improvement.  If not, then I'll move on.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> Date: 6/7/2003 9:56:41 AM
> Subject: RE: George Steck grand
>
> My little Steck is also "agraffeless" but I never felt it was a social
> handicap. The bass strings go from pin to bridge in a dead-straight line
> under a capo bar. Would agraffes improve such a system? I just don't see
> how--nor do I see any place to put them. Hmm ...
>
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of David Love
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:26 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: George Steck grand
>
> I take care of a George Steck grand that is (believe it or not) used for
> light concert work (among other things).  It is an agraffeless piano
> (through the bass).  The piano currently suffers from bad scaling and
> corrosion on the strings and has a rubber band sounding bass.  There is
> not
> a great deal of money for the instrument, but enough to cover
> restringing
> and a few other repairs (piano has new hammers, action is okay).  My
> question has to do with whether or not it would be worth creating a more
> secure arrangement for the terminations at the tuning pin side in the
> bass
> and low to mid tenor, and how that might be done in a faux agraffe way.
>
>
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
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