No, no. It's the simplest model and has nothing to do with the bridge agraffes.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ron Nossaman</b> <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>> This was what I heard from a piano tuner in Paris who asked Mr. Paulello
<br>> about it. There may be something lost in translation, but I just assume<br>> anything that adds stress to the board inhibits the movement of the<br>> board. If you have no downbearing, no mass and no tension sideways, the
<br>> board moves more freely, doesn't it? (Of course that is not realistic.)<br><br><br>Why would the use of a bridge agraffe mean there is no<br>downbearing?<br><br>Ron N<br></blockquote></div><br>