Hi Conrad: I'm sorry, I didn't know you had diagrammed this before. Sure would have saved me some time if I had known. Anyway, I like your illustration better than mine. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > 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 > > Chi si ferma è perduto. > >
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