<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I knew something was troubling me in = the latest discussion about hitch loops - be they helix, single or double loop. It = was to do with the resultant flexibility of the bridge. Hang on a bit! = What possible effect can the termination at the hitch have on the bridge? = Take S&S or Yam pianos - both use the so-called "duplex" scaling and so = there is a metal duplex pad stuck in there between the bridge and the hitch pin. Therefore .... no possible effect. Or there's the listing cloth and = damping pads under the string at the hitch end. Again there's an impediment to = the effect of the hitch mode to the bridge. Someone even suggested the = double loop would take the string away from the the plate - this being frowned upon. = I suggested "turn the loop over". No comment. Now I see the vertical = notched hitch pillar. Very pretty it looks too. What effect will this have - = particularly if it is used in a piano with either metal duplex pad or listing cloth. = I didn't see whether there was or was not a duplex pad or listing cloth involved. = Is all this hitch discussion merely ... hitch-hype?  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from darkest Downlands of Sussex</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael = G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>