<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Sohmer Agraffe Bridges - Photos wanted! ?</title></head><body> <div>At 12:15 PM +0100 21/2/04, c Granas wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I have never seen it, but I have been told that Stuart pianos from the Land Down Under also have this agraffe set-up on their bridges or something like that. I also wouldn't mind seeing a picture of it, but my understanding is that the agraffes are of the type that are split down the midddle and look (from above) as a big screw head (flat screwdriver), with one of the sides lower than the other and with holes for the strings drilled at the base of the taller side. I've often seen such agraffes on various pianos. I wonder if this is what Stuart pianos have on their bridges.</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Jean-Jacques, here are some images of the Stuart agraffes;</div> <div><br></div> <div>http://overspianos.com.au/strtagr1.jpg</div> <div><br></div> <div>http://overspianos.com.au/strtagr2.jpg</div> <div><br></div> <div>I'm not breaching any copyright with the images here, since I took the photos and scanned them myself. The silicon is there to control agraffe string noise (there is very little string clearance between the string and the agraffe string slots.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>