<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Wim, I was unclear.  I think the hitch pins were metal, embedded in wood. Clyde Wimblees@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>In a message dated 2/21/03 12:22:20 AM !!!First Boot!!!, cedel@supernet.com writes:   <blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Friends, A piano-tuner beginner was trying to explain something to me she found in an old Baldwin upright.  If I understood the description correctly, the bass string hitch pins were in wood rather than the cast iron plate.  Was there ever anything like this?  I haven't seen the piano. Apparently the wood is all split up.  My hunch was she's talking about the bass bridge, but she said where the string ends at the loop. Responses? Regards, Clyde  </blockquote> Me thinks she has her terminology wrong, or that she isn't sure what she saw. I have never heard of strings being attached to wood hitch pins. I don't think they could stand up to the tension. Wim</blockquote> </html>