<div>Geoff</div> <div> </div> <div>As Annie indicated, the string needs to go over the bridge for the vibrations to transfer from the string to the soundboard. The string needs to be seated at both sides of the bridge, so that the vibration is transferred without interference. If the string is not seated, then there will not be a solid transfer of the vibrating string. <br> <br> See what happens when you start thinking. <IMG height=19 alt=: src="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/33706/aol/en-us/images/aimex/cry.gif" width=19 (?><br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner@ivories52.com><br> To: Pianotech@Ptg. Org <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 3:42 pm<br> Subject: String termination question<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_38a532cc-92b0-4bfd-a1c9-d8d0a04e3620> <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> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>