<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=546265119-23112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I wonder why Sohmer used normals pins in the treble and bridge agraffes further down the scale. Kind of defeats the purpose, in my view...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=546265119-23112006> <P><FONT size=2>Calin Tantareanu<BR><A href="http://calin.haos.ro/">http://calin.haos.ro</A><BR>--------------------</FONT> </P></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> miercuri, 22 noiembrie 2006 16:34<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Article about bridge agraffes - function, types<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Last night, I tuned a 1925 Sohmer grand, which had bridge agraffes in the middle section. It kind of sounded metallic and the tone difference between the notes with the regular bridge pins (in the treble) was very obvious.<BR><BR><BR> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">> a serial number or two.  For example, were the Sohmers from<BR>> the 1920's?  How <BR>> old was the Schumann?<BR><BR>I don't have this information, unfortunately.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>