capo-hardening vs hardened capo rod

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Thu Oct 4 01:40 MDT 2001



jolly roger wrote:

> Hi Ric,
>             This is done on some pianos.  The Baldwin SD and SF10 have
> carefully machined case hardened treble resonators (tm).  This a classic
> example of controlled radius and duplex angles.  The plate has a milled
> face so the units can be screwed to the plate with machined allen bolts.
> Regards Roger
>

We've also seen a sort of half agraffe installed in place of any kind of bar on
some old pianos. I always kinda liked the basic idea, at least from a
standpoint of sevicability. If needed you could take one out and screw another
back in.

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no




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