---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim, I was unclear. I think the hitch pins were metal, embedded in wood. Clyde Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 2/21/03 12:22:20 AM !!!First Boot!!!, > cedel@supernet.com writes: > > >> 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 >> > > 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 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d4/6d/fe/c4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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