I stand corrected. Al -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ron Overs" <sec at overspianos.com.au> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:16 PM To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Capo Bars >>No, my question is why the heck do they make agraffes out of brass? Maybe >>even more noise with an all steel agraffe? >> >>Terry Farrell > > Terry, > > The best set of agraffes I ever used was a custom set I made for a > very-high-use Steinway D. I made them from SAE 1040 carbon steel, which > was EN plated in the usual way that we have been doing it. The harder 1040 > is much better than brass, since it provides a stronger substrate which is > less prone to collapse. I built them in 1998. The piano is still in > service and the agraffes are still clean. > > Why don't I build them for all of the pianos we do? It took me a week to > build the test set on the lathe with my milling attachment. I understand > the Steinway rep here (who is also a technician) criticised the parts > because they weren't factory standard - amazing stuff. This is how pianos > have been stuck-in-a-rut for a 100 years. The factory that dominates the > others doesn't give a damn about the craft, just the politics. So nothing > changes. > > Ron O. > -- > OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY > Grand Piano Manufacturers > _______________________ > > Web http://overspianos.com.au > mailto:ron at overspianos.com.au > _______________________ > >
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