Harpsichord string loop question

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Shamelessly freeloading on previous diagram..

>The ones on the harpsichord have several "loose" twists and then 4 or 5
>tighter twists (snugged up at 90 degrees, like we do on a piano tuning pin).
>
>Sorry, but my ASCII art ain't up to drawing what I just said.:-}
>
>>
>>          \
>>            \
>>              \
>>                \                                       
>>                  \                          _____________________
>>                    \                      /                     |
>>                      O-------------------                       |
>>                    /                      \_____________________|
>>                  /     
>>                /
>>              /
>>            /
>>           (___   pigtail end
>>            
>


So it winds up (pun intended) looking like a piano french knot.

                                             _____________________
>>                                          /                     |
>> -------||||/////////O-------------------                       |
>>        |                                 \_____________________|
          |
                      
The wire end can then be brokem off flush with the coil by bending it back
and forth a few times.

Conrad




Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT		hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu

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