Agraffe vs capo

[Farrell]

Thanks Del.  So, so, so, very, very unfortunately I will not be going to
Reno this year because of finances - and we just got our 2000 taxes back
from the accountant today - we owe like $5,500  YIKES!!! (So much for that
new band saw!)  Anyway, just having purchased the Journals on CD, I will be
reading your soundboard articles and your string termination articles along
with about  4,000 other articles. I won't be in Reno physically, but I will
be spiritually.

I hope everyone has a great time in Reno. Learn and share lots for me! See
ya'll in Chicago 2002!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: Agraffe vs capo


>
> ----- 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
>