<html> <body> Michael, How much would you charge to come to Houston, TX? :-) Avery At 07:30 AM 3/3/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hell= o List and Avery There's two versions of the single string hitch loop. First there's the ordinary once-round-the-pin then the usual nice tight wind- around-itself-twice-before-cutting-off type. Then there's the wonderful Broadwood Hitch-pin Loop. This masterful loop dictates going TWICE around the hitch-pin and then winding THREE times around itself before bending down towards the loop and cutting off. I really like the Broadwood version and gives me a great pleasure to do a whole piano that way. The end result is tidy and re-assuringly secure. I made a JIG to do this with ease. It consists of a 10" length of 3" x 1 1/2" with a screw, a bit thicker than the Hitch-Pin, vertically inserted and the head sawn off. The sharp end was then filed smooth and round-edged for safety. Then, in a line with each other I inserted another sawn off screw and a book holder (you know - one of those thingys on the music desk) And there's the jig. To use is ease in itself. The string is laid on the block, under the book holder, beside the pin, and wound twice around the dummy hitch-pin. Go a little further than 90deg to allow for "unspringing". Remove the string with its nice new hitch loop and grasp this same hitch loop with a good pair of "duck-billed" pliers. Now simply wind the string onto itself thrice, bend it back toward the loop and cut off, leaving about a 1/4" tail on the same plane as the loop. Simple isn't it ? Regards from a misty-yet-sunny lunch-time in a Sussex Downland Village Michael G (UK)</blockquote></body> </html>