<!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 color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562522122-06032004>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562522122-06032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=562522122-06032004>"close the coils" , I try to say that I work them with a brass punch once in = the piano (and with round nose pliers if necessary before stringing) , so the = coils are tight and the stabilization is faster. I also make sure that the eyelet = are sitting at the lower position on the pin, I've seen pins that where = bending because the loop was not inserted low enough,  I tap them again = with a brass blade.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=562522122-06032004>Yes that make them harder to get out indeed, I thought it was better to have = them tight, even the double type.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562522122-06032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=562522122-06032004>If you get the loops out of your setup to wind the coils around the string = (holding the loop with round nose pliers I presume) you loose most of the benefit of = having a firm support to work with, this is the point I don't get. I was = instructed to wind the eyelet after having made the coil, on the same hook shaped = setup that is on a wood block firmly pressed on a bench, eventually near the piano, = but indeed that is better to make all eyelets before = stringing.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562522122-06032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562522122-06032004>Regards from the VITRY sur Seine country farm = , we have 3 pigeons and 2 dogs, kind of wild life if you see what I mean.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562522122-06032004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=562522122-06032004>Isaac Oleg</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>