agraffe bridges & Sohmers

[Richard Moody]

I have an upright with agraffes on the bridge.  Some were higher and
lower than others.   If memory serves mine is from 1890's     ric

----- Original Message -----
From: J Patrick Draine <draine@mediaone.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 8:03 AM
Subject: agraffe bridges & Sohmers


| Dear List,
| Do any of you have information on Sohmer grands with agraffe
bridges?
| I have a couple customers with them, any was wondering if the
| historians (Jack Wyatt? New Yorkers?) have anything interesting they
| could pass on.
| Regretfully, I didn't have a tape measure handy, but they were
| probably around 5' 10" in length, and date from 1916, and 1927,
| respectively. The agraffes (rather than bridge pins) are on the long
| bridge, from B2 to F#6, where they switch to regular bridge pins.
| Pretty pianos, but probably not the best candidates for rebuilds
| (which these both had recently been), unless there were a budget
that
| covered new soundboard, bridges, and rescaling (which these didn't).
|
| Patrick