no bridal straps!

[ryan sowers]

The bridle tape definately has an effect on the FEEL
of repetition in the upright. I think it's a mistake
to downplay its importance in function. You will find
that the actions made without the tapes have greater
dynamic lost motion. Darrel Fandrich wrote on this
topic years ago. Jim Ellis also published an article
on bridle tape function in the Journal a few years
ago. 

By the way, cork bridle tapes don't function the same
as the originals. I feel they are unprofessional
except in certain cases.  

I've seen grand actions that were built without
repetition levers that played "just fine". Does that
mean that they aren't crucial to grand action
functioning?

Ryan Sowers, RPT  Puget Sound Chapter
Pianova Piano Service
Olympia, WA


--- Dave Nereson <davner@kaosol.net> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:52 PM
> Subject: no bridal straps!
> 
> 
> > Maybe I've just never notiiced, but  this is a
> first for me. Brought home
> a
> > customers'  Whitney spinet action for the basic
> file/reshape job. Wasn't
> > till I got it home and on the cradle that I
> noticed, much to my surprise,
> > the complete ABSENCE of bridal straps. It appears
> that they were NEVER
> > installed. (Cost cutting measure, no doubt)
> Granted, this is the cheapest
> of
> > the cheap spinets, circa 70's, but still i have
> never seen this before. Is
> > this a rare sighting? Obviously, the action, for
> what it is, seems to
> > function fine without them.
> >
> > Terry Peterson
> 
>     No bridal straps is right!  They're bridle
> straps.  ("Bridal" has to do
> with brides.)  But back to topic, yes, there are
> plenty of vertical actions
> that will play just fine without bridle straps.  But
> only if regulated
> properly, especially concerning lost motion, let-off
> and backchecking.  The
> main function of the straps is to keep the jacks
> from falling under the
> butts when the action is removed.  They apparently
> also help repetition with
> certain kinds of hammer blows, but are not crucial
> to the functioning of the
> action.
>     It's somewhat rare to find an action without
> them, but not unheard of.
> I can't remember how the jacks are prevented from
> jamming all the hammers
> against the strings when the action is replaced in
> the piano, though ....
>     --David Nereson, RPT
> 
> 
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