<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Robin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Welcome to the world of Pitchlock (<A href="http://www.pitchlock.com">www.pitchlock.com</A>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>The clips are intended to remedy (in this case) poorly matched bass strings to avoid false beatings, by coupling the strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was recently tuning a Kawai GE-1A and noticed that three bass bichords had small metal clips attached to and connecting both strings in front of the agraffes. I do not believe I have ever seen this before. From their size and shape, it was obvious that their placement was intentional and not the result of some rather odd looking staples or something falling into the piano. They would slide easily enough along the strings but were gripping the strings with enough force to prevent easy removal. I found little or no effect in tone or phase when I moved them back and forth a bit on the strings. Only three notes had these "clips". </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anyone here is familiar with this, would you kindly post a reply???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, one and all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin Blankienship</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>