<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hello Yoshi!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The Paulello agraffes are not exactly like the Steingraeber ones, as Richard explained. They are both touching the string in 3 points, but the string bearing on them is reversed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In the Steingraeber the string (as seen from the speaking length) bears frist downward on the front agraffe edge, then upward on the pin that locks the strings, and then downward again on the on the back agraffe edge.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In the Paulello agraffes, the strings bear first upwards on those holes, then downwards on the round pin, and upwards again on the holes to the rear. I have never played a Paulello piano, so i can't comment on how his agraffes work. But I would expect an effect quite similar to the ones used by Steingraeber.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006> <P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Calin<SPAN class=006441321-02052006> Tantareanu</SPAN><BR>----------------------------------------<BR></FONT><A href="http://calin.haos.ro/c/instruments/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://calin.haos.ro/c/instruments/</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The Bechstein group & mailing list:<BR></FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bechstein/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bechstein/</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>----------------------------------------</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> </FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=006441321-02052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Kazuo Yoshizaki<BR><B>Sent:</B> marţi, 2 mai 2006 18:20<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steingraeber factory pictures,bridge agraffes & adjustable vertical hitchpins<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Thanks for the detailed report and the pictures. The bridge agraffes and the vertical hitch pins exactly look like Stephen Paulello's piano (attached). I wonder if Steingraeber acquired his idea.<BR><BR>Yoshi<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>