<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and Issac and Ron = O.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glad you like the piccy. The block of = wood jig was a real "quickie" when I had a whole single string piano to restring. It has been with me ever since - more than 25 years anyway, = and I don't seem to need to improve on it. It stays with my gloves and APSCO = tins of Roslau (blue) string and a list of the weights of each tin-with-contents = in an old picnic hamper, together with a long parallel punch, a string winding = handle and stringing hook. All ready for the next job!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Issac asks:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> "I don't understand why making that small bend, the wire will<BR>straighten anyway, and we have to close the coils also. = (?)"</DIV> <DIV>This is Ron Overs' contributiuon - and a very fine one too. If you = examine any standard long helically twisted hitch loop you'll find the loop = retains its size and consequent ease of removal even after years uf use. Ron's = suggestion of a "small kink" right at the coil examines the fact that the coil will = otherwise tighten during the initial taughtening of the string to playing tension. = The "kink" will stop this from happening - and I applaud = it!     ;-)</DIV> <DIV>What actually do you mean by "... have to close the coils also" = Isaac? </DIV> <DIV>signed..... "intrigued in Sussex"</DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Michael G (UK)<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>