JD, it's good to know that you are not beyond immediate reform! I don't know if "expeinsive" was a Freudian slip. It may have been a mere typographical infelicity. Incidentally, do you think if Sigmund came home and noticed his wife's dress had ridden up a little, exposing her petticoat, he might have said "My dear, your Freudian slip is showing"? I remember your previous kind offer of spear-type leather tape ends. Sad that so many makers of piano materials have gone. Ron N, I did indeed think about making tape ends. I asked among various engineering types at the college where I work, regarding the makng of a little die cutter from spring steel. But nothing has ever yet come of it. Best regards, David Boyce. > Was expeinsive just a Freudian slip? Similar to a bridal strap? Under > the same garment? And where, Sir, is the apostrophe after your > tho(!!)?. And you can save the fare coming down here to knock my > teeth out -- my dentist saw to that a while ago. > > I still have leather tape ends from the days when you could buy them > by the thousand for very little money and since I can find no > ready-made tapes (including Renner's) that use the proper braid, I > bought a lifetime's worth from the firm who used to make it for > Herrburger Brooks and make my own tapes, but not fast enough to make > it commercially interesting; that's a project that keeps being knocked > off the top of my list of priorities. > > Here in England most people call them tie tapes, or just tapes, but > the wire I have always called the bridle wire, though Herbert Shead > says this is alternatively known as the 'tie wire' or 'tape wire'. I > think 'tie wire' is good and will immediately reform my usage. > > > JD
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