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<DIV>Wim-</DIV>
<DIV>Yes, looping, not winding...</DIV>
<DIV>What you need is steel piano wire, which is much stronger than harpsichord wire. Order from Schaff, p. 79, size 7 or 8.</DIV>
<DIV>Ed S.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/25/2004 9:38:46 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: string breakage</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 6/25/04 6:09:12 AM Central Daylight Time, ed440@mindspring.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>..meanwhile, this guy is trying to put strings on an _autoharp_.<BR>Not, I suspect, a very high tension scale. But he's winding his own<BR>strings, not using store bought autoharp strings.<BR>So I'm gonna guess he's using harpsichord wire.....Wim?<BR><BR>Ed S.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Yes, I am using h'chord strings. Just set the record straight, I'm not winding my own string, just using my fingers to make a loop for the hitch pin. </DIV>
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<DIV>It has been very interesting reading Fred's post on strings. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks </DIV>
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