<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If it were me, the point ( if it mattered as to passing ) would have been in dispute. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After all it must be a Baldwin stringing jig<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=custos3@comcast.net href="mailto:custos3@comcast.net">Israel Stein</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 04, 2007 7:19 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Stringing jig - vertical hitch pin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 05:11 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>There's one big difference about the stringing jig: that darned vertical hitch pin.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>I did a great splice, went back and neatened up the coil... and then lost a point, because the string wasn't seated around that vertical pin.  Touching the wire at all after seating can make it walk up again... something you don't have in The Real World with an angled hitch pin.  (This was one of the very few Non-Real-World items in the tech test, by the way).<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>--Cy--</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Cy,<BR><BR>Thank you for pointing this out. The vertical hitch pin is not specified for the stringing jig. That it has made its way into actual practice is a problem that needs to be resolved. I do not normally post exam details on public discussion lists, but I will make an exception here, because this is important. It is quite possible to build the jigs with angled pins - and the jig specifications call for a steel plate bolted to the wooden block in which to mount the pins for this very reason.  That some jig builders do not do this is a problem that needs to be resolved.<BR><BR>The solution will be posted on the ExamPrep and the PTG-L e-mail lists, since they are limited to PTG members only. I ask that those interested in the PTG exam subscribe to the ExamPrep list and refrain from further discussion of this matter on this public list, since authoritative details about the exam  will not be posted here.<BR>.<BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>Israel Stein<BR>Chair, Technical Exam Subcommittee<BR>ETSC - PTG<BR><BR>I</FONT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>