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<DIV><FONT size=2>I asked about the upright when I was in Sydney last =
July and
was told they had not yet produced one. I could be =
wrong.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>That is not exactly an agraffe on the bridge, but a =
string
termination device. It looks exactly like a device I was working =
on while
at Baldwin in the late '80s. I had some prototype pieces made and =
tried
them out on a prototype but, unfortunately, the project was dropped due =
to lack
of corporate interest. I was pleased to see this device on the =
Stuart
piano and to observe that it was working quite well. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Del</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=piano@iaa.com.au href="mailto:piano@iaa.com.au">ASB</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 28, 2000 10:37 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Stuart and Sons =
Upright</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen, =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the web site for the =
Australian made
Stuart and Sons pianos.That is about as much info I have.They do make =
uprights
130cm I believe,I haven't seen any of their pianos nor heard that =
much
about them,other than the fact that they have a range from F -21Hz to =
F really
high Hz and they use agraffes on the bridge instead of normal =
pins with
no bearing(?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
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href="http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html">http://w=
ww.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stuart Balsillie<BR>Piano =
Technician<BR>Woodend,
Victoria<BR>AUSTRALIA<BR><A
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href="mailto:piano@iaa.com.au">piano@iaa.com.au</A><BR></FONT></DIV></B=
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