Thanks Ron N. I suppose my question was too broad and unfocused. The first try often goes like that for me as I try to wrap my mind around a question that some part of my brain has formulated, but hasn't communicated to the rest of the grey matter. So how about this as a more focused question? >So why make the hardness difference even greater by hardening the capo? Ron O., why bother going this extra distance, as in your hardened capo bars(I think) and hardened agraffes? Given your short duplexes which address the unwanted sounds that Ron N was referring to, and ample treble designed into the belly stucture, what does the hardened termination get you. My hunch is that its a combination of a high tension scale thing (the high tensions tend to aggravate the tendency towards termination noises) and/or a high performance edge thing, since carrying power (read biting treble attack) of the duplexes has been eliminated? Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com (978) 425-9026 Shirley, MA
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