Bridle Straps

[Ken Jankura]

At 05:30 PM 9/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
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>
>>	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 
>
As Jim Ellis' article from the PTJ a few months ago proved, the main
function of the brydell straps is to aid repetition. Being attached to the
butts probably serves this function better.   Ken
 
   Ken Jankura, RPT
   Newburg, PA