Back when I was experimenting with possible substitutes for knuckle buckskin, I got some samples of specialty woven tape from Bally Ribbon Mills, in Pa.. Teflon woven tape, Kevlar, etc.. Kevlar is what bullet proof vests are made of. Bet it'd last a while! Thump --- John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> wrote: > At 19:02 -0400 11/9/07, J Patrick Draine wrote: > > >All I can offer is that my web based email, GMail > from Google, has a > >sidebar list of advertisers keyed to the content of > the message > >being read. The following link lists cotton bridle > tape > ><<http://www.waynemills.com/cottontapes.html> > >http://www.waynemills.com/cottontapes.html>, but > it's not "our" > >variety -- it's 1" wide! Perhaps an inquiry to them > via email could > >help your search. Or further Google searches will > do the trick? BTW, > >who is supplying suede tipped (piano action) bridle > straps these > >days? > > > I'm getting very warm at last. The first firm I > phoned in Leicester > knew the tape I was talking about straight away, > because it was quite > possibly he that made the reel I have and used to > supply a certain > action manufacturer whose name I will withhold. He > is sending me a > sample and I'm hoping to be in luck. > > JD > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
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