Hi Conrad, My colleague here in Sacramento, Gene Nelson, just gave a demo at our chapter meeting on making the German double loops. You may wish to contact him at: nelsong at intune88.com Good luck, Ted Ted Kidwell, RPT California State University, Sacramento Capistrano Hall, rm. 153 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6015 916.278.6737 -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:28 AM To: Pianotech List Cc: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] Double loop German stringing Folks, We recently acquired a well used Schimmel grand which will need almost everything. (Yes, it was also very cheap) When the time comes to restring, I'll be faced with 68 unisons of individual strings. It has the German style loops with a double wrap around the hitchpin. I've got no problem doing the single wrap slip knot, and I'm sure I could figure out a way to make the doubles look good, but as I'm not into reinventing the wheel, I wonder how others have dealt with this. Do you make up a jig, just use a nail on the workbench, or what? -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
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