Agraffe tuning easier or not?

[Don]

Hi Ron,

Are you saying you find no difference in unisons with agraffes and unisons
where there is a v bar? That is the point I was trying to make. And there
will be differences--not ones the tuner can control. 

At 10:32 PM 06/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>We do want a piano that can be made stable easily and quickly by the
>>technician. The pianos with agraffes all the way offer that, and are better
>>than a v-bar from that point of view.
>
>Hi Don,
>I'll have to disagree here on a couple of points. First, the technician
>doesn't make any system stable. He/she can make it unstable with poor
>tuning technique, but can't make an inherently unstable system stable with
>just tuning. Any other methods of enhancing stability are neither quick,
>nor easy, nor a standard field repair.
>
>Second, agraffes don't make the system inherently more stable than a capo.
>They may require a little different tuning technique, but there won't be
>any real difference in stability.
>
>
>Ron N
>
>

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