<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: seating strings</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Hello List and Phillip Ford who said:</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>>String speaking length terminated on the rim?  Now you've completely lost me.  Any possibility of some pictures?</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">In answer to my comment: "String spacing is by the holes on one side and string speaking-length is terminated on the rim opposite."</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Sorry, I didn't have my camera with me. Maybe the choice of the term "rim" was unfortunate. OK. Imagine now that these agraffes are made from a strip of channelled brass. Individual agraffes are cut from this material. Holes (three, two or one) are drilled through one "rim" or "side" or "upright" of this cut off piece of channel. This is for string spacing. The other "rim or "side" or "upright" is only as high as the centre of the three spacer holes opposite it. This is where the speaking length of the string "terminates". Of course the actual string continues to the hitch in one direction and to the wrest pin in the other direction. Each agraffe is held in place by a c/s brass wood screw, there being a counter-sunk hole drilled through the base of the agraffe.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I know a picture is worth a thousand words, Phillip, but you've had to put up with the words! :-)</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Regards</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Michael G.(UK)</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Thanks Michael.  I think I got it.  Perhaps the oldest form of bridge agraffe.  I've never seen one of these.  It sounds similar in concept to the agraffes on a Feurich that I have.  The string termination is on a half round 'lip' with string spacing and down force on the lip provided by a conventional agraffe.  I believe I have a picture of this around here somewhere.  I'll send it along when I find it.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Phil Ford</div> </body> </html>