agraffe , także: agrafe

An agraffe is a part found on some pianos.

Similar results are noted with the brass agraffe used by Sohmer into the 1930s.

Down bearing is the height of the bridges in relationship to hitch pins and agraffe's.

Note that the agraffe Wal is inspecting has had the top half cut off through the string hole centres.

One, the "Agraffe Bridge", improved the sound and clarity in the pianos tone.

One student, Chris Boyd, was able to make the redesign of the agraffe even more efficient and elegant.

The agraffe is a guide at the tuning-pin end of the string, screwed into the plate, with holes through which the strings pass.

All models feature agraffe system.

Although a version of the agraffe bridge had been invented decades earlier, Heintzman perfected it, and it gave his company a competitive edge.

In the Stuart pianos, the strings are held to the soundboard with agraffe (vertical zig-zag) clamps.

They are sometimes difficult to remove and a broken agraffe usually requires a lengthy repair (especially if they are broken into the plate).

Worn string holes sometimes cause a buzzing sound which can be corrected by filing inside the agraffe string hole to remove the imperfection.

Agraffe: Ensures accuracy in string alignment, spacing and angles to produce greater uniformity of tone and consistent "speaking length" for each note.

In the late 1870's, he invented a design, which was later named the Agraffe Bridge, which was a transverse metal bridge made to keep the piano string from slipping.

He was able to improve the interior quality of his pianos by inventing an agraffe bridge (a metal bridge extending across the piano frame to keep the strings from slipping.

He was able to invent a device he called the Agraffe bridge, a transverse metal bridge that extends across the interior of the piano, across the strings to keep them from slipping.

One student is helping to design modifications to the Stuart agraffe - the string coupling system that is unique to the Stuart piano - while another has investigated the strength of the Stuart's iron frame in comparison to the Steinway frame.

The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants, was another distinction of the beautiful Jewess, scoffed and sneered at by the proud dames who sat above her, but secretly envied by those who affected to deride them.

The company also patented improvements in agraffe bars and actions in 1882, and in 1887 an agraffe for a quadruple strung "reverbation scale" and a pianissimo pedal in uprights, and bridge agraffes in 1890.

The book finishes with Curtana and Agraffe wonder what changes would befall the planet and Spearpoint after Nimcha has finished healing the mire and wonder what the Mad Machines were talking about when they mentioned Earthgate and going into the planet to reach the stars.

In modern pianos, the same basic principle is followed: the contact point for the vibrating length of the string that is close to the hammers is either an agraffe or the capo d'astro bar; these devices pull the string in the direction opposite to the hammer blow, just as in Cristofori's original arrangement.