<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div>I think primarily because of cost. There are some high end uprights that do have agraffes, but to keep the cost down on upright pianos they didn't. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler@att.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 9:05 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] question about agraffes and uprights<br> <div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="AOLMsgPart_0_2defa913-7b29-4122-af06-17b2bf87fbec"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size="2">Simple</font> question - why didn't agraffes become standard on uprights ? -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / <a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a> / <a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target="_blank">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a> Home & Business user of Linux - 13 years </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </font>