Chris, At 10:55 2/26/99 -0500, you wrote: und Newtone writ: >>When I was at Bosendorfer in '77 they made the coils by hand. They >>then bend it back to the nail and bent round the extra end back and >>forth until it broke off leaving a nice coil with the tail pointed >>back and down so it bedded itself in the hitch pin punching. I never >>did master doing it that way. >newton, >... could you elaborate on their >method of breaking the string. that sounds impossible! Sounds like the normal method of breaking off the tail of a harpsichord string, but I too never had that great luck with the thicker and stiffer piano stuff. When putting a German knot on a single string I use an old tuning pin with a screw mounted 7mm below the becket hole. I used an old damper head screw - nice big head which holds the wire real well. I slip it on the end of the wire, (screw toward end) then form the loop (270°) with round jaw pliers. (above or below depending on whether I want left or right coil and tail) Then, with loop still held by pliers, all I have to do is twirl the tuning pin with the tail caught beneath the screwhead. Number of turns and direction the tail winds up are easily controlled. Then I cut off the excess tail. Put string on the hitchpin and cut to approximate length and you get your tuning pin back... Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College (319)-387-1204 Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 The best things in life aren't things.
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