<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Simple answer.  Pianos without agraffes are cheaper to build.<div><br></div><div>Norman Cantrell<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 2/8/13, Duaine Hechler <i><dahechler@att.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler@att.net><br>Subject: [pianotech] question about agraffes and uprights<br>To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><br>Date: Friday, February 8, 2013, 1:05 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Simple question - why didn't agraffes become standard on uprights ?<br><br>-- Duaine Hechler<br>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding<br>(314) 838-5587 / <a ymailto="mailto:dahechler@att.net" href="/mc/compose?to=dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a> / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com<br>Home & Business user of Linux - 13 years<br><br></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table>