Isn't it to get maximum energy transfer from the strings to the soundboard via the bridge? That doesn't happen at the other end, so it's just a matter of bouncing the wave back the way it came, and termination in one plane is enough to do that. (Or something like that?) Annie Grieshop > 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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