You say no tricky work on the V bar on typical upright design. What tricky work would you expect to do on a grand V bar? Phil -- On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:16:51 Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "phillip l ford" <fordpiano@lycos.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: June 26, 2001 5:46 PM >Subject: Re: Agraffe tuning easier or not? > >It is easily possible to design a string termination system that keeps the >energy in the speaking portion of the string until it is transferred into >the soundboard system. For examples look at the typical upright design. >Simple and effective. Keeps the string angles reasonable and short. No noise >and no tricky work required on the V-bar except with the most sloppy plate >castings. Geometry wise this is a bit tricky to pull off on a grand plate, >but there are other ways of accomplishing the same thing. >-- Del > > Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
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