[CAUT] Bass bridge, string scale, cantilevered bridge, tone

[Ron Overs]

John,


>. . . If anyone can tell me the advantage of a double German eye 
>over a single, I'd like to know.

The double eye is certainly more trouble to make, but we have found 
that the additional friction-contact with the hitch pin, when at 
pitch, makes the double looped version less likely to tighten up on 
the pin. The jig we use for making them allows us to make the eyes 
with a tighter 'first bend', which seems to prevent the coils from 
tightening on the pin, allowing it to be easily removed from the 
hitch pin once the tension is let down. We were unable to achieve 
this with a single looped eye. So we continue to use double looped 
eyes for our instruments.

Below is a sample of our eyes.

Ron O.



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OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY
    Grand Piano Manufacturers
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