Hitch Pin Loops, was: Restringing

[Isaac OLEG]

Terry,

German loop : 2 turns around the pin, it is more stable, nowadays I
was instructed to close the loops with a brass rod and a little
hammer, so the coils are tight.
They always tend to unwrap a little (or a lot) but less with a German
loop.

And the easier method is to do them on a hook holding in a scrap of
wood and attached to the piano you are working on , use the (long)
free part of the string with a 90° bend in it so you can turn it
around the string easier (as a crank) Even faster method that to do it
with pliers, while you can use pliers to hold the string straight
(useful for biggest strings, wear gloves, also) .

Machines are to make bass string loops, mostly, while I see some
eastern pianos with those kind of loops.

I'll post a pic of the setup tomorrow.

Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Delwin D Fandrich
> Envoyé : mardi 24 juin 2003 19:43
> À : Pianotech
> Objet : Re: Hitch Pin Loops, was: Restringing
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: June 24, 2003 5:01 AM
> Subject: Hitch Pin Loops, was: Restringing
>
>
> > Greg, Ron and anyone else caring to chime in:
> >
> > The right (as opposed to the left or center) string on
> the piano I am
> restringing is individually tied to it's own hitch pin. I
> have installed
> vertical hitches on this piano. I tried tying a regular
> loop (so like, what
> is that?) while leaving some wiggle room (slack so it was
> not tight to the
> hitch), but that just came unwrapped. Roger Jolly spoke of
> German loops a
> while back. What are they? Perhaps to take full advantage
> of the vertical
> hitch, I really want to make a real loose loop like you
> would put on a bass
> string? Yes? Ideas?
> >
> > Terry Farrell
>
>
> If you're doing what I think you're doing, it won't work.
> You have to leave
> a tail long enough to rest on the plate. I'll look at the
> pianos we have in
> the shop and see if I can come up with a picture.
>
> Del
>
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