The agraffes on this piano alternated with one positive and the next negative on downbearing. I imagine the intent was to have the net effect be zero Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Elwood Doss Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:11 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] New stuff at the convention? A couple of weeks ago I tuned an old grand (don't recall the brand) that had agraffes on the bridge rather than bridge pins. Although an older piano, it sounded quite good. I'll try to recall what the brand was. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 FAX: 731/881-7415 HOME: 731/587-5700 _____ From: Mark Purney [mailto:mark.purney at mesapiano.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:45 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] New stuff at the convention? The Steingraeber Phoenix System was the highlight for me, but from talking to a lot of other technicians, I got the impression that it went largely unnoticed, or that people didn't quite grasp what it was all about. I heard others dismiss it because, "Bridge agraffes have been tried before..." (I should point out that many light bulbs were tried before Edison stumbled on to tungsten filaments.) This setup provides clean, consistent bridge terminations that deliver more power and sustain, while freeing the soundboard to vibrate without the attenuation of all that down bearing. You could clearly hear the result from playing those little, big-sounding pianos. If that isn't a development to get excited about, what is? I'm also impressed with WNG's continued developments. Ron Koval wrote: What did you see in Grand Rapids that caught your eye? Ron Koval chicagoland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090722/9fd425fc/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 53694 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090722/9fd425fc/attachment-0001.jpeg>
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