Hi Paul, But why? Are there problems with the existing agraffes? <The biggest issue is that I like a bigger hammer in the high treble - not possible with the agraffe. Second is that I have not heard too many pianos with agraffes at the top that I like the tone. Third, it is my spec piano and just the challenge is intriguing. There are many other custom features and "why not" is nagging at me. I had also thought about installing the capo and using half agraffes on the bottom side of it. Obviously I will need some engineering assistance if I decide to do the redesign. Personally, me, I like agraffes to the top. And would not redesign for a capo bar. It was Erard's solution to the economics of agraffes, and not a design for the better necessarily. <I like Erards. Gene Cheers, Paul In a message dated 2/2/2009 4:54:09 P.M. Central Standard Time, nelsong at intune88.com writes: Thanks Paul, I will be a bit more specific. I have a 1880's Hallet&Davis 8'9" that will come into the shop soon. Much of the belly work has been completed. It has agraffe's up through note #88. I had considered the possibility of installing a capo bar to replace the agraffes. Either in just the top or top two sections. I am curious if any living techs that read the forum have had experience with similar redesign issues. I have looked at Bosendorfer closely and think that a similar type of bar is possible. Regards, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] re design Why yes, Gene, Erard did just this in about 1811. :-) Paul In a message dated 2/2/2009 1:00:34 P.M. Central Standard Time, nelsong at intune88.com writes: Hello list, Just curious if anyone out there has had the chance to design and install successfully - a capo bar/s that would take the place of and eliminate agraffes in the top section/s above the dampers? Anyone ever consider doing this? Thanks, Gene -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090202/af871ba1/attachment.html>
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