Leslie, My bass string supplier (Barth Jan Kooy in Groningen The Netherlands, the best bassstringmaker in Western Europe) had no problems with Krauss hitchpinloops of 8mm two years ago. But this is how I would solve your problem. Place the string on the bridge, guide it between the pins pull until the copper touches the first pin, then give small kink where it touches the hitch pin. Clamp a 7mm(9/32") drillbit, tuningpin, or steel toothpick in a vice , wind the string 1 time around the drillbit until it crosses itself perpendicular, then warp the wire around itself three times at a right angle. Wind the coils as tightly as possible. Snip off the end, leaving about 3 mm long. (the last part is as Athur Reblitz describes it for normal loops on page 98 of the 1976 edition of his famous book.) Test this procedure first a couple of times with plane wire , on wich you mark the place of the copper with tape, paint, peanut butter or anything. When you stretch the string you'll see that the peanut butter will comme 10mm free of the hitchpin. Subject: restringing >Dear List: > I am about to restring the bass section of an old Krauss piano. I >have both the old strings and the new ones made by Mapes. My problem is >that I have to make my own hitch-pin loops as the hitchpins are 5/16 in >diameter, and no one seems equipped to deal with hitchpins of that size. > My question, then, is "Where do I make the loops?" If I use the >old strings as an exact pattern, the stretch of the new strings will >cause the strings to not fit the old, stretched strings, and probably run >the top of the winding into the pressure bar on top. I am not sure how >to make allowances to assure proper fit.. Can one allow, say, >half-an-inch for stretch, or do I need to be more particular in my >placement of the hitch-pin-loops? > Thanks > > >Leslie >lesbart@juno.com >"I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here." > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >
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