string termination

[justpianos@our.net.au]

List,
I'm a complete novice on the science of this, whilst having originally 
trained as an Engineer, but it strikes me that the bridge attached to the 
soundboard does not constitute a termination, but rather a node, as it needs 
to vibrate the soundboard to transmit the sound.
Also I feel that an agraffe hole exactly the diameter of the string would be 
the most efficient to act as both a termination and a node.
Bruce Browning _ The Piano Tuner





Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net> said:

> 
> > Ron O. and Ron N.,
> > 
> > You both think that the Stuart agraffe doesn't make a better 
> > termination? I would think it does, because it is a harder surface than 
> > a conventional bridgepin+wood termination, and would thus be somewhat 
> > less flexible, causing less energy (high freq. especially) to be lost.
> > No doubt that the agraffe's mass can also contribute.
> > 
> > Calin Tantareanu
> 
> 
> Did either of us say anything one way or another about the quality 
> of termination of Stuart's agraffe?
> 
> Ron N
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