<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/19/2005 5:11:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Lists,<BR><BR>I going to install bridle straps on a Steinway upright.   No catcher hole for cork so I'm using the plain bridl= e straps.   Schaff informed me that the tacks are not available anymore.   How do you guys and gals attach the bridle straps to = the catcher dowel?<BR><BR>David I.<BR><BR>            </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>David,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last time I did a job on a quality piano, I removed the catcher shanks,= took out the remainders of the old straps, and glued the new ones in the sam= e way.  Kind of time consuming, but it looked great.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>