it sure looks as if the ORIGINAL configuration had traditional bridge pins, and the agraffes were substituted during modification. Terry Peterson ----Original Message Follows---- From: Kent Swafford <kswafford@earthlink.net> Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Fwd: [admin] pianotech post from cfaulk2@juno.com Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:49:07 -0600 Begin forwarded message: > >From: "Charles E. Faulk" <cfaulk2@juno.com> >Date: February 20, 2004 11:08:32 PM CST >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Sohmer Agraffe Bridges - Photos wanted! - was Re: what is >downbearing? > > >David, > >Here's a picture of a Sohmer bridge. > >Charles Faulk > << sohmer.jpg >> >On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:03:44 -0500 David Skolnik ><davidskolnik@optonline.net> writes: >JimB- > >There always be a chance you be right, but I don't think this is that >time!! Does anyone have a good picture of an agraffe bridge that could be >posted to resolve this, soon to turn violent, debate? Lacking such a >photo, anyone with a relevant model in front of them who would venture an >opinion? As I am remembering, the net effect of this config was to put a >major ripple in the soundboard under the bridge. The truth aside, what was >the thinking behind this anyway, and, if it worked, why did they stop? > >David Skolnik _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _________________________________________________________________ Click, drag and drop. My MSN is the simple way to design your homepage. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200364ave/direct/01/
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