This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello List and Avery There's two versions of the single string hitch loop. First there's the = ordinary once-round-the-pin then the usual nice tight wind- = around-itself-twice-before-cutting-off type. Then there's the wonderful = Broadwood Hitch-pin Loop. This masterful loop dictates going TWICE = around the hitch-pin and then winding THREE times around itself before = bending down towards the loop and cutting off. I really like the = Broadwood version and gives me a great pleasure to do a whole piano that = way. The end result is tidy and re-assuringly secure. I made a JIG to do = this with ease. It consists of a 10" length of 3" x 1 1/2" with a screw, = a bit thicker than the Hitch-Pin, vertically inserted and the head sawn = off. The sharp end was then filed smooth and round-edged for safety. = Then, in a line with each other I inserted another sawn off screw and a = book holder (you know - one of those thingys on the music desk) And = there's the jig. To use is ease in itself. The string is laid on the = block, under the book holder, beside the pin, and wound twice around the = dummy hitch-pin. Go a little further than 90deg to allow for = "unspringing". Remove the string with its nice new hitch loop and grasp = this same hitch loop with a good pair of "duck-billed" pliers. Now = simply wind the string onto itself thrice, bend it back toward the loop = and cut off, leaving about a 1/4" tail on the same plane as the loop. Simple isn't it ? Regards from a misty-yet-sunny lunch-time in a Sussex Downland Village Michael G (UK) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e6/79/d6/8d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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