Catchers & bridle straps

[William R. Monroe]

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Um, so does anyone use standard bridle straps anymore?  What's wrong =
with cutting off the old straps at the base, trimming new ones to length =
and gluing on the new ones at the base of the the catcher?

William R. Monroe
Assoc.
Madison, WI






  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Joe And Penny Goss=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:17 PM
  Subject: Re: Catchers & bridle straps


  So You are the one doing that O:((
  Just kidding a little, please just a speck to hold them.
  I find that my hammer shank drill will usually clean out the remander =
of the glued in cork and that my 1/8" screw driver blade is very useful =
in removing the glued in cork. Poke it through the old cork and twist to =
remove some of the cork then ream out the hole.
  Joe Goss
  imatunr@srvinet.com
  www.mothergoosetools.com
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Andrew & Rebeca Anderson=20
    To: Pianotech=20
    Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:22 PM
    Subject: Re: Catchers & bridle straps


    They also sell cork bridle straps that insert into the hole the old =
strap came through.  I dab glue on these and shove them into the hole.  =
They are much more secure than the clip variety IMHO.

    Andrew
    Las Cruces, NM

    At 10:35 AM 2/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:

      Greetings ,
      Spring clips are nice , but I would dab a bit of epoxy on them so =
that they don't slip around later , cause even when you crimp them they =
may be a little loose .    Thoughts ?

        ----- Original Message -----=20
        From: Keith McGavern=20
        To: Pianotech=20
        Cc: Max Zuboff=20
        Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:58 AM
        Subject: Re: Catchers & bridle straps

        At 4:33 PM +0300 2/11/04, Max Zuboff wrote:

            Hello.
            Are there any chances on removing a catcher from its shank =
without destroying and drilling out the shank or damaging anything else? =
I need to do that in order to replace bridle straps on an upright in =
which the straps go down the same hollows in the catchers to which the =
shanks are glued.

        Max,

        There is a tool that might let you do this with relative =
success. It's a Hammer Head & Butt Extractor type tool available through =
piano supply places.

        However, there is a much easier method to install new bridle =
straps if that is all you're wanting to do. It is using Spring Clip =
Bridle Straps as Don Rose mentioned.

        Personally, I would consider it overkill to remove the catchers =
for this purpose unless you are trying to maintain originality for =
whatever reason.

        Sincerely,

        Keith


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