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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Encountered this type =
of agraffes in
pianos as old as 1840</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Pierre =
Gevaert</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "David Love" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net"><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "'Pianotech'" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:28 =
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: RE: string =
termination</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>> Seems like I have agraffes that have a metal rod =
insert. A
hole is drilled<BR>> through the agraffe such that when the metal rod =
is
inserted it is only<BR>> slightly exposed at the top of each =
hole. That
puts the string termination<BR>> in contact with the hardened metal =
rod
rather than the brass. <BR>> <BR>> David Love<BR>> =
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<BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: </FONT><A
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[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf<BR>> Of Ron =
Nossaman<BR>>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:54 AM<BR>> To: Pianotech<BR>> =
Subject: Re:
string termination<BR>> <BR>> > Why then not make a agraffe out =
of
steel or some other harder material? <BR>> > That may be difficult =
for the
one-off small-shop piano builder, but if <BR>> > there were a =
demand to
others..... Why would this be so difficult? Why <BR>> > would =
brass
persist so long?<BR>> <BR>> Cost? Ease of machining?<BR>> =
<BR>>
<BR>> > Why not use other termination types like a capo-type bar =
in all
string <BR>> > sections like you see on cheap old American =
microgrands?
What about <BR>> > something more like an upright pressure bar
arrangement?<BR>> <BR>> Actually, it looks to me to be quite =
possible to
retrofit an <BR>> agraffed piano with a termination bar of harder =
material
than the <BR>> brass agraffe, along the agraffe line, with a pressure =
bar
behind, <BR>> screwed into the plate. A cast stepped bar would be =
ideal for
<BR>> matching speaking lengths within the unison, but I'm curious =
how
<BR>> well a curved bar would work. Just how critical are slightly =
<BR>>
mismatched speaking lengths within unisons at those string lengths? =
<BR>> I'd
guess there is some tolerance.<BR>> <BR>> Ron N<BR>>
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