Bose Question

[Avery Todd]

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Michael,

How much would you charge to come to Houston, TX? :-)

Avery

At 07:30 AM 3/3/04, you wrote:
>Hello List and Avery
>There's two versions of the single string hitch loop. First there's the 
>ordinary once-round-the-pin then the usual nice tight wind- 
>around-itself-twice-before-cutting-off type. Then there's the wonderful 
>Broadwood Hitch-pin Loop. This masterful loop dictates going TWICE around 
>the hitch-pin and then winding THREE times around itself before bending 
>down towards the loop and cutting off. I really like the Broadwood version 
>and gives me a great pleasure to do a whole piano that way. The end result 
>is tidy and re-assuringly secure. I made a JIG to do this with ease. It 
>consists of a 10" length of 3" x 1 1/2" with a screw, a bit thicker than 
>the Hitch-Pin, vertically inserted and the head sawn off. The sharp end 
>was then filed smooth and round-edged for safety. Then, in a line with 
>each other I inserted another sawn off screw and a book holder (you know - 
>one of those thingys on the music desk) And there's the jig. To use is 
>ease in itself. The string is laid on the block, under the book holder, 
>beside the pin, and wound twice around the dummy hitch-pin. Go a little 
>further than 90deg to allow for "unspringing". Remove the string with its 
>nice new hitch loop and grasp this same hitch loop with a good pair of 
>"duck-billed" pliers. Now simply wind the string onto itself thrice, bend 
>it back toward the loop and cut off, leaving about a 1/4" tail on the same 
>plane as the loop.
>Simple isn't it ?
>Regards from a misty-yet-sunny lunch-time in a Sussex Downland Village
>Michael G (UK)

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