There's always a hitch

[James Grebe]

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Message2 loops around the hitch pin allows you to monitor which strings =
you, yourself have put on if there originals are one time around.
James Grebe
Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
Artisan of Wood
WWW.JamesGrebe.com
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
pianoman@accessus.net
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Cy Shuster=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:55 AM
  Subject: Re: There's always a hitch


  I doubt that it saves time or money, with the extra cost of preparing =
and inventorying individual string lengths for each piano model, and =
then pulling them out of stock.  Compare that with a bulk reel of wire =
of a certain gauge: only takes a second to snip it to the right length, =
and you've got the same number of tuning pin coils to make.

  It is amazing that a 180 around a hitch pin is sufficient to separate =
two different tensions.  Some hitch pin loops are formed with two wraps =
around the pin; I wonder why they don't do two loops around every pin?  =
(Must not make a difference, eh?)

  --Cy Shuster--
  Rochester, MN
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Mark Dierauf=20
    To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
    Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:35 AM
    Subject: RE: There's always a hitch


    I would think that you might expect slightly better tuning stability =
with this system. On large pitch changes there's no way that the tension =
of one string of a unison can effect the other strings as might be the =
case with normal strings looped around a hitch-pin. Having all three =
strings the same length from hitch-pin to tuning pin can only help. My =
thinking is that once set up it might save significant time during the =
factory stringing process by having all strings pre measured for any =
given scale.

    =20

    - Mark

    =20

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Peter Lamos [mailto:selahpiano@hotmail.com]=20
    Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:02 PM
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Subject: There's always a hitch

    =20

    List,

        I prepped a Kohler & Campbell grand (KCG-650) the other day and =
being of little knowledge I was wondering what is the point of having =
all the treble wires each individually tied off on their own hitch pin.  =
Surely it can't be tuning stability(?).  Or is it intended to save $$ =
for those that habitually break strings?  You know, better to break just =
one than two.

    =20

    Confused but peaceful,

    Peter Lamos

    Brunswick, GA=20

    =20

    _____________________

    selahpiano@hotmail.com=20

    =20

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