<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Heintzman in Canada used a similar system.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They called it an agraffe bridge, patented, March 10th 1895.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They used the system, right up till they closed, in the 70's I believe.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I can take a picture if you want.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <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> Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: string termination</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> The capo through the whole piano is fine from a termination standpoint, but I'd want something in the capo to space the strings evenly.  When you get down to the point of tri-chord dampers string spacing gets very important.  <BR>> <BR>> Good point.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calin Tantareanu sent me this picture of his Schweighofe piano. Here is one solution to string alignment for the capo.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funny how pianos used to evolve.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00b901c5a11f$cab2f0f0$6400a8c0@Ross" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> Those half agraffes in the old Knabe capos, what were they made of?  Brass or something harder?<BR>> <BR>> I thought it was brass.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Knabes also? Or are we thinking of Chickerings?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>