There's always a hitch

[Ron Nossaman]

>     I prepped a Kohler & Campbell grand (KCG-650) the other day and being 
> of little knowledge I was wondering what is the point of having all the 
> treble wires each individually tied off on their own hitch pin.  Surely 
> it can't be tuning stability(?).  Or is it intended to save $$ for those 
> that habitually break strings?  You know, better to break just one than two.
>
>Confused but peaceful,
>Peter Lamos

In theory, having the total length of each string of any unison the same 
length from hitch pin to tuning pin will improve unison stability. In 
practice, it might help, but isn't usually all that dramatic.

Ron N