The hitchpins are generally sloped toward the tail, so when the string lets go at the agraffe the loop just slides off the hitch and the string is projected rearward loop first. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:45 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Flight of Broken Bass String At 05:38 PM 3/25/2006 -0800, Jim wrote: >"BANG-swish-SLAM!!. Just like that. I've never had it happen, but I've heard of it. Picturing how it gets out of the piano, supposing it breaks at the agraffe, ... does the broken end curl over the tail of the case, ripping the loop off the hitch pin, before heading for points unknown? That is, does it rotate, held by the loop? I always imagined it flying across the room loop first, but how could it? Can anyone confirm? Broken end first, ready to impale whatever gets in its way? Susan
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