Yes, I would imagine it would put more pressure on the agraffes. This piano had a new block and strings since the late 70's. and has always been at A-440 since then even though the piano was built in 1901 in Boston. Just wondered what benefits there would be for this conjuration. All else is normal. James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Artisan of Wood WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bec and John" <bjsilva001@comcast.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Ivers & Pond grand > Hi James, > > I (and wife and daughter) was recently over at Cunningham piano and > Rich showed us an old (late 1800s) Steinway they had rebuilt. Its > pinblock and plate were slanted upward from the agraffes. He didn't say > why they built it that way, but didn't mention it put extra pressure on > the agraffes. > > I don't have the answer, but maybe Rich does. > > - John > > > > No, > > The pin portion of the plate slants back before the agraffes about 20% > > James Grebe > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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