----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: June 27, 2001 2:25 AM Subject: Re: Agraffe vs capo > OK, but what form would "a well designed capo d'astro bar system, though not > necessarily with a V-bar" take? There are several good possibilities. I like the inverted agraffe underneath the capo d'astro bar as seen in various Chickering pianos (along with a very few other makes). Another possibility is the separate silicon-bronze V-bar casting attached to the bottom of the flat capo d'astro bar as I've described before. Probably the best of the capo d'astro bar systems is that used in the Baldwin SF-10 and SD-10 which has individual string termination pieces for each note. The present configuration has some problems with string geometry--and, consequently, string noises--but the idea has much merit. With just a slight bit of redesign--and no additional cost--this would probably be one of the best capo-d'astro systems to date. Whichever style of string termination is used, it always goes back to providing appropriate string geometry--here goes again--as outlined in my articles on the subject. Keep the duplex reasonably short and the string termination deflection angles appropriate to the duplex length. -- ddf
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