[pianotech] bridle wires

Ryan Sowers tunerryan at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 18:45:21 MDT 2009


A tiny dab of white glue on the bridle tape hole with a toothpick might do
wonders! This works well for old rattling tapes that are still intact, but
noisy.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:52 PM, David Nereson <da88ve at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Has anybody replaced the "stupid"-type bridle wires (where the strap can
> slide down the wire if the hole in the tab gets enlarged) on some Baldwin
> verticals with "real" bridle wires? What's an efficient way of pushing the
> new ones in (into the same wippens)?  The new wires have fluted, not
> threaded ends. I'm wondering if it can be done without unscrewing all the
> wippens from the action.
>   --David Nereson, RPT
>



-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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