<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What part of the hitch pin are you guys measuring to?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The inside of the loop or the = center line? I'm starting to think that since the hitch pin is tilted  and therefore = oval to the string, eyeballing the loop is the better way.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have made the pattern on a piece of = packaging paper, rubbing with the flat side of a carpenters pencil, but that only = shows the tip of the pin. I guess that is what the measurements fill in that = the pattern doesn't show.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I prefer to send the = measurements of hitch pin to forward bridge pin and hitch pin to agraffe, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>It would be best for you to talk to the string winder to see what = he <BR>prefers on length measurements, but hitch to front bridge pin, and = hitch to <BR>agraffe (or whatever)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron N<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>