[pianotech] question about agraffes and uprights

[Terry Farrell]

I don't have an answer, but rather another question:  Why DID agraffes become the standard (tenor & bass) on grand pianos?

Was it just because they look cool - a marketing tool like three pedals and the longest bass strings.....?

Terry Farrell

On Feb 8, 2013, at 2:58 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

> I think primarily because of cost. There are some high end uprights that do have agraffes, but to keep the cost down on upright pianos they didn't.
>  
> Wim
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> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
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> Subject: [pianotech] question about agraffes and uprights
> Simple question - why didn't agraffes become standard on uprights ?
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