String termination question

[Geoff Sykes]

Greetings All --
 
I made the mistake of thinking the other day, and I started wondering why
piano strings are terminated at the bridge on both the X and Y axis but at
the capo bar, or agraffe, on only the X, (or perhaps that's Y depending on
how you are looking at it), axis. We go to lengths to make sure the strings
are seated properly at the bridge so that there is a definite and precise
termination in both planes at the bridge and bridge pin. Why then is the
lack of termination in both planes not a problem at the agraffe and capo bar
end? 
 
-- Geoff Sykes, Los Angeles
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