<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Yep... it was the pull on the bridge I was concerned about. The picture you included with the single offset would seem to yield less resistance to rendering then the double offset type.... and if this caused a problem... hmm.... Thanks for the reply and pic Ron Cheers RicB Overs Pianos wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style type="text/css"></style> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Got to thinking a bit about this bend and the agraffee in general and I have a question I am wondering about. Just how well will the string render through the agraffe, and how does that compare with the standard bridge pin ? Cheers</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>RicB</blockquote>  If the string offset angles were kept the same as for a standard pinned bridge (say 10 -12 degrees), the double string offset will increase the overall resistance to the ease of rendering, as you are probably thinking (though as such it need not be detrimental to tuning stability). Unless the offset angle is reduced, in the case of the double offset agraffe, there will be an increased propensity to pull the bridges over. However, the latest agraffe design (from this manufacturer) is much improved over the first version in this respect. The first version, while it had only a single string offset, subjected the bridge to a significant forward rotation force. See image below; Ron O.</blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>