At 09:42 06/10/01 -0400, Jon Page wrote: >I prefer to designate the hitchpins first and snug the paper down around >them. Since the hitchpins are angled, this will advance the paper forwards >a bit. If the bridge pins were punctured first and the paper secured, then >the paper will buckle in the backscale once the hitchpins are marked. The >difference in this offset from the top of the hitchpin to the bottom can >be a few millimeters, this will ultimately affect the location of the ends >of the wrap. Everyone is free to do as they please. I explained it from this experienced stringmaker's point of view, with a full explanation, which you clearly did not bother to read. Stringmakers have to deal with all comers. JD
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