<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=921202216-26122006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>For the bass I don't mind them, but for the top treble I think they would interfere with the striking point. Unsell you were thinking of agraffes above the V-bar like some Kimballs or Mason & Risch.  On the other hand, I so much prefer to restring a piano that has NO agraffes. I would think the cost of production increase would outweight the benefits if there were some.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921202216-26122006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921202216-26122006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=921202216-26122006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=fr dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part de</B> Frank Emerson<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 26 décembre 2006 09:02<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Objet :</B> Agraffes in uprights<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Recently, I have been getting more pressure from the marketing folks to design upright models with agraffes, preferably all the way up to #88.  What do  you folks think about that?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Frank Emerson</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:pianoguru@earthlink.net">pianoguru@earthlink.net</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>