Hi Calin. The point is not to just go with what our impressions are and proceed to assume we have established some fact(s). We should want to make sure of our facts yes ? I know guys who swear they've improved the sound of a brand new piano after mashing the strings into the bridge surface in some grossly exagerated string seating proceedure. They might say the same thing as you say below... "why do this if not to improve the sound ?" .... yes ? Cheers RicB I have seen this sometimes done by harpsichord makers who put a thicker wire next to the bridge pins and let the strings bear on it, not directly on the wood. The effect is that the footprint of a string is increased, the termination stiffness somewhat too, although not as much as with a proper agraffe. Why would they do this if not to improve the sound? In the ones I've seen I had the impression that it contributed to a better sustain and livelier sound. Calin Tantareanu http://calin.haos.ro
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