At 06:41 5/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi John, >My M & H "A" has this type of stringing in one section, 1 tie-one loop. >The factory must have had a reason. >James Grebe True, and I suspect that the reason is when a string breaks, it only affects one unison. But you aren't talking about a reasonable quality grand here... More like a Gulbransen spinet with hitch pins in the tenor section which _could_ be loop and tie, but really has a loop between unisons. Some are a couple of inches long due to the fanning of the strings. Again, looking closely at the plate by the hitchpins can usually reveal the marks. Two parallel marks - loop Two convergent - tie One straight - ½ of two pin loop. My 1.2¢. (inflation) Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204 Luther College Music Dept Fax - (319) 387-1076 700 College Drive Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu Oh wad some power the giftie gie us; to see oursel's as others see us! It wad some monie a blunder free us, and foolish notion. - Robert Burns
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