Steingraeber factory pictures, bridge agraffes & adjustable vertical hitchpins

[Calin Tantareanu]

The strings bear on the capo d'astro edge, which is not visible in the
picture (being on the other side) and the brass bar in front of the felt.
The strings do not touch the edges of the holes at all, so nothing buzzes.
It's like a normal capo d'astro bar, just that the metal part with holes is
added between the 2 bearing points.


Calin Tantareanu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Cy Shuster
> Sent: duminică, 30 aprilie 2006 23:27
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: Steingraeber factory pictures,bridge agraffes & 
> adjustable vertical hitchpins
> 
> I can't tell exactly what the strings touch when they go 
> through those holes in the capo bar:
> http://calin.haos.ro/c/instruments/steingraeber/IMG_0049.JPG
> 
> It seems like they go up from there, away from the soundboard 
> in the usual way, then down over a plate nut on their way to 
> the tuning pin.  What exactly forms the front termination?  
> Do the strings ride against the top side of those holes?  And 
> what about the left and right strings: don't they buzz 
> against the sides of the holes?
> 
> Thanks for the pictures...
> 
> --Cy--
> SHUSTERpiano.com
>