Steingraeber factory pictures, bridge agraffes & adjustable vertical hitchpins

[Ron Nossaman]

> This was what I heard from a piano tuner in Paris who asked Mr. Paulello 
> about it. There may be something lost in translation, but I just assume 
> anything that adds stress to the board inhibits the movement of the 
> board. If you have no downbearing, no mass and no tension sideways, the 
> board moves more freely, doesn't it? (Of course that is not realistic.)


Why would the use of a bridge agraffe mean there is no 
downbearing?

Ron N