I'm not thinking of agraffes, per se, but something or some structural alteration to prevent any extrusion that might contribute to false beats. My first question is has anybody made such a change and found any small improvement. If not, then I'll move on. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Alan <tune4u@earthlink.net> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> > Date: 6/7/2003 9:56:41 AM > Subject: RE: George Steck grand > > My little Steck is also "agraffeless" but I never felt it was a social > handicap. The bass strings go from pin to bridge in a dead-straight line > under a capo bar. Would agraffes improve such a system? I just don't see > how--nor do I see any place to put them. Hmm ... > > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of David Love > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:26 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: George Steck grand > > I take care of a George Steck grand that is (believe it or not) used for > light concert work (among other things). It is an agraffeless piano > (through the bass). The piano currently suffers from bad scaling and > corrosion on the strings and has a rubber band sounding bass. There is > not > a great deal of money for the instrument, but enough to cover > restringing > and a few other repairs (piano has new hammers, action is okay). My > question has to do with whether or not it would be worth creating a more > secure arrangement for the terminations at the tuning pin side in the > bass > and low to mid tenor, and how that might be done in a faux agraffe way. > > > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 6/5/2003 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 6/5/2003 >
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