[pianotech] Capo Bars

[Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft]

I stand corrected.

Al


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From: "Ron Overs" <sec at overspianos.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:16 PM
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Capo Bars

>>No, my question is why the heck do they make agraffes out of brass? Maybe 
>>even more noise with an all steel agraffe?
>>
>>Terry Farrell
>
> Terry,
>
> The best set of agraffes I ever used was a custom set I made for a 
> very-high-use Steinway D. I made them from SAE 1040 carbon steel, which 
> was EN plated in the usual way that we have been doing it. The harder 1040 
> is much better than brass, since it provides a stronger substrate which is 
> less prone to collapse. I built them in 1998. The piano is still in 
> service and the agraffes are still clean.
>
> Why don't I build them for all of the pianos we do? It took me a week to 
> build the test set on the lathe with my milling attachment. I understand 
> the Steinway rep here (who is also a technician) criticised the parts 
> because they weren't factory standard - amazing stuff. This is how pianos 
> have been stuck-in-a-rut for a 100 years. The factory that dominates the 
> others doesn't give a damn about the craft, just the politics. So nothing 
> changes.
>
> Ron O.
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