Bridle Straps

[Ron Nossaman]

At 04:58 PM 9/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All, 	
>	Just wanted to hit this topic one more time with a few added thoughts. 
>	Is it bridle or bridal?  Actually each word could convey the purpose of
>the straps.  'Bridle' referring to controlling or connecting from the lower
>action and the upper action.  In the same context 'bridal' could mean the
>same, wedding the upper and lower actions together.

* Nice try James, but it's 'bridle'. The discussion of 'bridal' straps is
best left on bizzare@fetish.org.



>	I have often wondered why the straps are attached to the butt end of the
>mechanism rather than the catcher end.  At the catcher end there would be
>no problems at all about possible jack interference.  Does anyone know the
>reason for this?
>James Grebe

* In uprights, they pass through a hole in the catcher, which amounts to
(roughly) the same thing. Also, I seem to remember seeing dinky little
pianoids with the bridle straps glued to the underside of the catchers, or
did I dream that?

 Ron