Check out this great video by Will Baddeley who is helping to design a Scots Pine Bonsai. They are using a combination of Rebar, Raffia, Turnbuckles and Pulley’s to bend the large branch downward. The video is in 3 parts and is a high quality video and you can see exactly how they manage to manipulate the large branch down. Great tips on bending branches in this video. I have listed all 3 videos in the Scots Pine Bonsai, Educational Bonsai videos and under Wiring and Bending Techniques in Bonsai Basics.