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Sheet Bend String Knot Diagram & Instructions 

04-20-2013 01:38

This is the type of string knot I use when tying a broken string. William Monroe provided the official name. Credit for diagram goes to Harold Staff which was published in the Piano Technicians Journal, February 1981, page 16. Added a well used copy of that article with detailed instructions how to tie.

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Keith McGavern
04-21-2013 11:21

David Nereson, RPT provided this additional information:
"It's called a sheet bend, although with wire, there's no "sheet" involved. In ship rigging, a sheet is a rope attached to the corner of a sail. (I know, you'd think the sail would be the sheet, not the rope.) If there's no grommet or other means of attachment, the sail corner is bent around in a simple crook, then the rope (sheet) is tied around it in a simple overhand knot that's looped through the bend, or crook. …"

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Keith McGavern
04-21-2013 11:21

David Nereson, RPT provided this additional information:
"It's called a sheet bend, although with wire, there's no "sheet" involved. In ship rigging, a sheet is a rope attached to the corner of a sail. (I know, you'd think the sail would be the sheet, not the rope.) If there's no grommet or other means of attachment, the sail corner is bent around in a simple crook, then the rope (sheet) is tied around it in a simple overhand knot that's looped through the bend, or crook. …"