bridge Agraffes

[Thomas D. Seay, III]

>I believe I tuned a Sohmer grand (at least I think it was a Sohmer) that had
>agraffes on the bridge.  As I recall, the sound was not very good. (This was
>about 15 - 20 years ago.)
>
>Regards,
>Ken Strick

I recently tuned a Sohmer grand with bridge agraffees which had been
restrung and the action had been rebuilt with new parts. It actually
sounded pretty good. Installing good quality hammers makes even a mediocre
grand sound much better (maybe not good, but certainly better).

Regards.

Tom Seay

t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
The University of Texas at Austin