---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment >Hello List >I thought I would add a little "je ne sais quoi" to the battle. >Although I am not a real devotee of John Broadwood they had some >very revolutionary designs. And good for them! R&D is a cause worth >pursuing - without it Ron Overs would not have developed his rather >elegant new grand action design - just to mention one. Broadwoods >were very innovative. They developed the "barless" grand, I'm a fan of the barless grand concept. We've talked about that before on the list. >the repetition spring in upright pianos and, the point in question >now (under the Collen-Broadwood banner) the fully agraffed strung >frame. In this we find brass agraffes throughout, not only at the >top end but on the bridge also. I cannot say I like the quality of >the tone these pianos produce but I wonder what they were like when >new? These brass agraffes are not fitted like the standard model but >are attached by a screw through a counter-sunk hole. I'm having a little trouble picturing this. Could you provide more description? >String spacing is by the holes on one side and string >speaking-length is terminated on the rim opposite. String speaking length terminated on the rim? Now you've completely lost me. Any possibility of some pictures? > I have not heard any false strings on one of these yet. >Regards during a respite from cutting the grass in my Sussex garden >Michael G.(UK) I just picked the first rose from my tiny San Francisco garden today. We're getting a late start as we've had lots of rain and unseasonably cold weather. Phil Ford ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/1b/af/16/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC