<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343043301-14012008>Greetings All --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343043301-14012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343043301-14012008>I made the mistake of thinking the other day, and I started wondering why piano strings are terminated at the bridge on both the X and Y axis but at the capo bar, or agraffe, on only the X, (or perhaps that's Y depending on how you are looking at it), axis. We go to lengths to make sure the strings are seated properly at the bridge so that there is a definite and precise termination in both planes at the bridge and bridge pin. Why then is the lack of termination in both planes not a problem at the agraffe and capo bar end? </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343043301-14012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=343043301-14012008>-- Geoff Sykes, Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>