restringing

[Gregory Torres]

Hey Guys,

Could this be perhaps another app for CA?  <g>

Greg Torres

Richard Moody wrote:

> Yes, that reminds me, I went bonkers trying to remove them.  Did I double
> loop them when restringing?  I can't remember, but why would I want to
> remember going bonkers a second time? My faintly dull memory seems to
> recall the use of a nail of the right size, (determined after many trials)
> then transfering the double loop to the hitch pin, (which weren't at all
> uniform). (Ah--sa'heeb, the straw that broke the camel's back) To make
> matters worse the wire to the speaking length has to be on the bottom (or
> the hitch pin might break) and it has to be on the RIGHT side of the hitch
> pin, which means either the right or the LEFT side depending on the way it
> lies in the scale.  You did make a note of that didn't you?. And you do
> tie according to the curve of the new wire? And don't forget the sacred
> incantation to invoke the graces of the god/goddess of perfection,
> Salami...Salami...Balony.
> Richard McBiong-B'oing
> ----------
> > From: JIMRPT <JIMRPT@aol.com>
> > To: lesbart@juno.com; owner-pianotech@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re:  Re: restringing
> > Date: Monday, March 30, 1998 7:10 PM
> >
> > Les;
> >  In this discussion RE: loops on your loopless strings.  On some of the
> older
> > european (?) instruments there was a system of double looping around the
> hitch
> > pin and then tying off as one would tie off a treble tied note.
> >   Perhaps this might be the answer you are looking for as it would make
> for
> > considerably less stretching/slippage in the tied portion and possibly
> make
> > your gauging of distance easier.
> >   Anyone else out there know what I am talking about.....or have I gone
> > bonkers? :-)
> > Jim Bryant (FL)
> > "ignorance is bliss and my life is full of it"
> > Faintly Dull