<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: String termination question</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> </head> <body> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="343043301-14012008">Methinks near proximity to the anchor of the pin (or agraff) suffices to ensure stability in either plane, eh what?<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Geoff Sykes" <thetuner@ivories52.com> </thetuner@ivories52.com><br/>To: "Pianotech@Ptg. Org" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 1/13/2008 7:42:58 PM<br/>Subject: String termination question<br/><br/> <div align="left"><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> </div></span></font> </div> </body> </html>