It doesn't, but the use of these bridge agraffes appears to open the possibility of zero downbearing while maintaining good reliable termination. With zero downbearing, it seems that the soundboard designer is suddenly given more choices and freedom of design (one of the choices available being... include downbearing!). Steve Fujan www.fujanproducts.com On 5/3/06, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > > > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060503/14ea80d7/attachment.html
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