I recently tuned a Steinway D (1925?) that had a mid - treble bridge with pins that were distinctly non - parallel to the capo bar. The pins were nearly set parallel to the bridge itself with three distinctly different string lengths per unison. A nearby 1912 D and all other instruments I have seen have bridge notches with the speaking lengths equal. I noticed no significantly different tone qualities from this manner of scale design. The bridge seems to be original and un modified. This seems to negate some suggestions that parallel agraffes are essential. Any comments? Blaine Hebert
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