Ron, I'd sure like to see that jig for making them that tight. (I do it the old way with round-nose pliers...) Thanks, Jim Busby BYU ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Overs Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:41 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bass bridge, string scale, cantilevered bridge, tone John, . . . If anyone can tell me the advantage of a double German eye over a single, I'd like to know. The double eye is certainly more trouble to make, but we have found that the additional friction-contact with the hitch pin, when at pitch, makes the double looped version less likely to tighten up on the pin. The jig we use for making them allows us to make the eyes with a tighter 'first bend', which seems to prevent the coils from tightening on the pin, allowing it to be easily removed from the hitch pin once the tension is let down. We were unable to achieve this with a single looped eye. So we continue to use double looped eyes for our instruments. Below is a sample of our eyes. Ron O. [cid:image001.jpg at 01C8AEAB.4DC69640] -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron at overspianos.com.au _______________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080505/4bafa25b/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 22908 bytes Desc: image001.jpg Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080505/4bafa25b/attachment.jpg
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