<html> <body> Ed, I presume you aren't using ultra thin CA to do this? Andrew At 02:58 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I don't like snap, tack or cork tapes.  They are usually not the right length, and often come loose. I install tapes like this: Mount action horizontal in action rack. Remove old tapes,saving a clean cut sample for length. (A drop of WD-40 on the old plastic tip makes de-installation much easier.) 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.) Spray tape tips with CA accelerator. Put a drop of CA gel at the joint of the butt and dowel. Hold tape with tweezers and press tip into CA with a pointed stick or wire. Let glue harden and reconnect tapes to wippens.   Ed Sutton       <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">Jeff Tanner</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</a> ;<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</a> <dd>Sent: 9/21/2005 9:09:52 AM <dd>Subject: Re: [CAUT] bridle straps <dd>On Sep 20, 2005, at 10:55 PM, David Ilvedson wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <dd>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....</blockquote> <dd>Anyone who can read can put the cork ones in, too.  That's not what bothers me. <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. <dd>I pulled a compact action to replace a string once and it took me an hour to get all those clips back on. <dd>If this is a "nice old Steinway", why not pull the catcher shanks and glue them in like the originals?  Just curious. <dd>Jeff </dl></blockquote></body> </html>