Steingraeber factory pictures, bridge agraffes & adjustable vertical hitchpins

[Kazuo Yoshizaki]

Yes, the string bearing is reversed, but the concept behind is that you
don't have tension sideways on the bridge, which helps the soundboard
vibrate more freely.

Yoshi

On 5/2/06, Calin Tantareanu <calin.tantareanu at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Yoshi!
>
> The Paulello agraffes are not exactly like the Steingraeber ones, as
> Richard explained. They are both touching the string in 3 points, but the
> string bearing on them is reversed.
> In the Steingraeber the string (as seen from the speaking length) bears
> frist downward on the front agraffe edge, then upward on the pin that locks
> the strings, and then downward again on the on the back agraffe edge.
> In the Paulello agraffes, the strings bear first upwards on those holes,
> then downwards on the round pin, and upwards again on the holes to the
> rear. I have never played a Paulello piano, so i can't comment on how his
> agraffes work. But I would expect an effect quite similar to the ones used
> by Steingraeber.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Calin Tantareanu
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