[CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Jan 18 20:16:16 MST 2011


On 1/18/2011 8:18 PM, Fred Sturm wrote:

> As to whether the bridge agraffe "enhances" tone, that can be in the ear
> of the listener, but it seems clear that it changes the envelope,
> increases sustain.

This has been addressed on Pianotech (that other list). An additional 
kilo of agraffe mass on the bridge will increase sustain and change the 
tonal envelope without any inherently magical properties of the agraffe.
Ron N


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