Subj:Re:Subj: Different agraffes

[Richard Moody]

Synchronicity strikes again.   Just Last week I went to look at a piano a
lady wants to give me.  I noticed agraffes through out, but what really
struck me were the agraffes on the bridge!!.  First time I have seen this.
I was thinking about posting to the group, if there were any historical
interest in this piano.  The SB is cracked and split so bad it appears
beyond repair.  I could take photographs and video. I am 90% sure it is
Hallet & Davis.

Richard Moody

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> From: A440A@aol.com
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Subj:Re:Subj: Different agraffes
> Date: Wednesday, January 29, 1997 8:34 PM
>
>  Greetings all;
> I earlier wrote;
> >     My parents have an 1870 Hallet&Davis upright with these sort of
> agraffes
> >on the bridge.  each one is turned oppositely, so that every other note
has
> >its strings pulled up or down.  the Soundboard is totally flat, as all
the
> >opposing forces on the bridge make it all quite rigid.  And it works!
>
> and Keith asked;
>
> >>That must be something to see...all those unlevel sets of strings.  Or,
> >>wait a moment, are the agraffes themselves offset in height?
>
> No, all the entry holes, facing the speaking length, are on the same
plane.
>  However, the exit holes are alternately above and below the entry holes,
> (not within one agraffe, )   These are two differently drilled agraffes
that
> alternate.  And yes, the backstrings are quite unlevel, but the
cumulative
> effect is a very rigid bridge.
>
> Regards,
> Ed Foote
> Precision Piano Works
> Nashville, Tn.
>