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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a local tuner in the store I work =
for the
other day inspecting a new "Hoffman" upright piano made by the =
"Bechstein"
group. IMHO its quite a reasonable instrument. It has the =
typical
"Petroff" plate set up with agraffe's throughout the entire piano. =
Personally I have found these type of pianos a little easier to tune and =
four
other tuners who's opinions I respect agree. Anyway the tuner that =
came in
the other day said (infront of the store owner and the prospective =
purchaser)
that among other negative things, "its a shame it has agraffes through =
the
treble section as this makes it harder to tune". I would love to =
get some
responses to this post and maybe some thoughts on the pros and cons of =
the use
of agraffes as opposed to v bar, pressure bar. Remember I am =
talking about
the tuning ease and stability in a new piano using agraffes, worn =
agraffes, well
that's a whole other story.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jarred =
Finnigan</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>