..........;-{ Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Agraff levels > And that's what makes every Steinway unique...;-] > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> > Received: 7/17/2006 4:41:23 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Agraff levels > > > > > >> Greetings, > >> Yes, it amazes me that the Standard Piano of the World is built so > >> carelessly. It is not at all uncommon to find Steinways with the agraffe holes in > >> the plate bored so poorly that there is no way to bend the wires to accomdate a > >> truly level hammer strike point. The entire agraffe is canted to one > >> side,(usually the treble) When this problem is accompanied by poorly made > >agraffes, > >> there is a real mess. I usually have several hammers that are slightly crooked > >> on the strike point in order to make even contact with the strings. > >> And I still don't understand why it is so difficult for the factory to > >> space the agraffes evenly! > >> Regards, > >> > >> Ed Foote RPT > > > > >It's a hand built piano. Some are built on Friday, some on > >Monday, some after lunch, by a lot of different hands. Why > >should the agraffes be any less random than the plate bolt > >head shapes, or the bearing and crown, or the action stack > >placement, or the string height, or the key leading, or the > >apparently infinitely variable signature sound, or anything > >else in the piano you might name and battle? It's not > >carelessness. It's Old-World craftsmanship. > > >Ron N
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