<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>No. I wrote "CA gel," which is a thick form of CA which is in a tube.  You could also use "ultra gap-filling,"  but not ultra thin!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=andrew@andersonmusic.com href="mailto:andrew@andersonmusic.com">Andrew Anderson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A>;<A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 9/21/2005 4:02:16 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] bridle straps</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Ed,<BR>I presume you aren't using ultra thin CA to do this?<BR><BR>Andrew<BR><BR>At 02:58 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I don't like snap, tack or cork tapes.  They are usually not the right length, and often come loose.<BR>I install tapes like this:<BR>Mount action horizontal in action rack.<BR>Remove old tapes,saving a clean cut sample for length.<BR>(A drop of WD-40 on the old plastic tip makes de-installation much easier.)<BR>Cut new tapes to length. (Drive a brad into a scrap board and you can mount 6 at a time and chop off at a marked lentgh.)<BR>Spray tape tips with CA accelerator.<BR>Put a drop of CA gel at the joint of the butt and dowel.<BR>Hold tape with tweezers and press tip into CA with a pointed stick or wire.<BR>Let glue harden and reconnect tapes to wippens.<BR> <BR>Ed Sutton<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">Jeff Tanner</A> <BR> <DD>To: </B><A href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A> ;<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A><BR> <DD>Sent:</B> 9/21/2005 9:09:52 AM <BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] bridle straps<BR><BR><FONT size=2><BR> <DD>On Sep 20, 2005, at 10:55 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:<BR><BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <DD><FONT face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Yeah, but this is a nice old Steinway...I do have a set...I've never installed a set...cork many times...what is it that makes me squirm when I see spring clips?   Probably the fact that anyone could pop those babies on....</FONT></DD></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#0000dd size=2><BR></FONT> <DD>Anyone who can read can put the cork ones in, too.  That's not what bothers me.<BR><BR> <DD>Thing I don't like about the clips is when you have to pull an action and they start coming loose, one after another, you replace one and the next one pops off.<BR><BR> <DD>I pulled a compact action to replace a string once and it took me an hour to get all those clips back on.<BR><BR> <DD>If this is a "nice old Steinway", why not pull the catcher shanks and glue them in like the originals?  Just curious.<BR><BR> <DD>Jeff<BR></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>