At NAMM I met a fellow who was trying to promote a solid granite piano bridge. Ed S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR > On 1/18/2011 8:18 PM, Fred Sturm wrote: > >> As to whether the bridge agraffe "enhances" tone, that can be in the ear >> of the listener, but it seems clear that it changes the envelope, >> increases sustain. > > This has been addressed on Pianotech (that other list). An additional kilo > of agraffe mass on the bridge will increase sustain and change the tonal > envelope without any inherently magical properties of the agraffe. > Ron N
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