<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I measure with a modified tape measure that has a loop that fits over the hitch pin and measures from the back.  I also give the string winder the diameter of the hitch pin itself so that they can make the loop as close to the size of the hitch pin as possible, which will make for quicker tuning stability.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kpiano@goldrush.com href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith Roberts</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 3/28/2003 8:09:22 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Breakdown measurements</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <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.net</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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>