<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">In the middle it might not be too bad; you'll have access to the hitch pins.  It's the top octave that's a killer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Take a safety pin, put it around a neighboring string from the top, and also put the hitch end of your new strings through it.  You'll be able to thread it right down.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">You can also use Alan's suggestion of a thin tube, like a brake line or curtain rod, and just put half the string in it, to prevent twisting.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=202485402-27082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>