[CAUT] Agraff levels

[Joe And Penny Goss]

..........;-{
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Agraff levels


> And that's what makes every Steinway unique...;-]
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
> Received: 7/17/2006 4:41:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Agraff levels
>
>
>
>
> >> Greetings,
> >>    Yes, it amazes me that the Standard Piano of the World is built so
> >> carelessly.  It is not at all uncommon to find Steinways with the
agraffe holes in
> >> the plate bored so poorly that there is no way to bend the wires to
accomdate a
> >> truly level hammer strike point. The entire agraffe is canted to one
> >> side,(usually the treble) When this problem is accompanied by poorly
made
> >agraffes,
> >> there is a real mess.  I usually have several hammers that are slightly
crooked
> >> on the strike point in order to make even contact with the strings.
> >>      And I still don't understand why it is so difficult for the
factory to
> >> space the agraffes evenly!
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Ed Foote RPT
>
>
>
> >It's a hand built piano. Some are built on Friday, some on
> >Monday, some after lunch, by a lot of different hands. Why
> >should the agraffes be any less random than the plate bolt
> >head shapes, or the bearing and crown, or the action stack
> >placement, or the string height, or the key leading, or the
> >apparently infinitely variable signature sound, or anything
> >else in the piano you might name and battle? It's not
> >carelessness. It's Old-World craftsmanship.
>
> >Ron N