Terry...Geez...read the Journal article. David Ilvedson ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:52:30 -0500 Subject: Re: My First Agraffe >Funny you should bring this up. I had been meaning to post a related >question: Why agraffes at all? Or at least brass agraffes. With such a soft >metal, seems to me you are always going to have grooves forming and all the >related garbage noises. >What about a nice stainless agraffe (if you gotta have an agraffe)? >What about those cheepie microgrands with the capo-type bars across the full >string scale? What about a forward string termination design more akin to >the upright pressure-bar and V-bar? >Agraffes are good for costetics - they line the strings up nice and they >look pretty cool, but beyond that, what good are they? If we can line up >strings in the two capo sections of most grands, I'm sure we are all capable >of doing it in the tenor and bass. >Or what? >Terry Farrell >Richard Brekne wrote: >SNIP >> bty... as long as Agraffes are up.... Great article in the Journal this >> month on polishing. Looks impressive as heck. Only question I have is >> the profile inside that ends up being formed. Anyone have any >> comparisons / comments on this compared to reaming ? >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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