Hi Yoshi I believe if you look closely at the two piano agraffe solutions you will see that they are quite a bit different. The picture you posted shows a string deflected upwards and held in place at the ends by agraffe holes much like traditional front termination agraffes. Steingræbers on the other hand deflect the string downwards and use only a lip to terminate the speaking and back lengths. As no doubt some have brought up this raises the question of string buzz given the quite significant amount of upward pressure on the termination for a fff blow. But.... I've heard Steingræbers pianos.. not ones with agraffes mind you but still... and I have to figure he'd have made sure buzzing was not a real problem. I will be excited to get a chance to see one of these instruments in the near future. Cheers RicB
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