Tuner's Knot--NOT!

Piannaman@aol.com Piannaman@aol.com
Wed, 26 May 2004 10:14:29 EDT


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Hi Joe,

I am not familian with a sheperd's crook(would that be a sheep rustler...:-)? 
 What kind of bend would that be?  

In this instance, I'm lucky.  It's not a pressure situation, like an upcoming 
concert, and the customer can wait.  

Thanks for your suggestion,

Dave Stahl,

In a message dated 5/26/04 6:58:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
imatunr@srvinet.com writes:


> 
> Hi Dave, There is another knotfor bass strings that might work in this case, 
> One end ( the wraped ) is like the usual knot, while the other looks like a 
> shepherds crook. Use pipe cleaners to practice tying.
> The knot is applied by dry fitting the two ends and measuring the length for 
> the coil, before making the becket and coil. Start the coil and watch the 
> ends so that when thet are close they can be mated. You will have to  twist the 
> crook into position or loosen the hitch and mate the two ends then twist the 
> string in the direction of the inner wrap. The twist will only be like a 
> half turn or so and is not hard to work with.
> 



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