<div>Thanks Alan!</div> <div> </div> <div>Now this tip I'll keep in thee ole brain!</div> <div> </div> <div>Matthew "Alan R. Barnard" <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I put a burr bit in the old dremmel and just chew the old cork and strap outa there. The wood of the backcatcher is much harder, so it resists the "chewing" very effectively. Alan Barnard Salem, MO Joshua 24:15 <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: "Matthew Todd" <TODDPIANOWORKS@YAHOO.COM> To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received: 01/01/2007 9:35:49 AM Subject: Re: Bridle Straps <DIV align=left>It is possible that a tech before you may have not been trained to only use a spot of glue on the cork.  What happens in this case?  Do you find the tech and send him/her to hell, along with the piano keys, so he can play his accordion?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I use a spot of glue, on all cork straps. I have ran across too many examples, of them having fallen out. If you use just a spot, I can't see this causing any problem with future removal, and it ensures they stay in place. So I guess I disagree with you, Mark :-) John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Dierauf" <PIANOTECH@NHPIANOS.COM> To: "'Pianotech List'" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:55 AM Subject: RE: Bridle Straps >I disagree - never use glue on cork straps. Just use to correct size > cork and you are unlikely to experience any problems. These things only > last a generation or so and may need to be replaced again. If you glue > them in, future techs will wish you into that special place in hell > right next to the marketing dept from Janssen Pianos or the guys who > designed upright actions that won't stand on the bench by themselves! > > BTW, a bridle inserter can be as simple as a hammershank with a needle > pushed into one end. If you thin the shank this tool can double as a > between-the-strings chopstick voicer. > > - Mark Dierauf > > > Two Thousand SEVEN, Two Thousand SEVEN... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Nossaman [mailto:rnossaman@cox.net] > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:58 AM > To: Pianotech List > Subject: Re: Bridle Straps > > >> What is everyone's experience with cork vs. clip vs. regular bridle > straps?? >> >> Thanks Tom! >> Matthew > > It's been a while, but, nearly thirty years ago, I made an > inserter for regular old bridle straps. No cork, no clip. A > dab of Titebond, and bridle strappedness was both served and > assured. Those times I resorted to either corks, or clips, I > still used Titebond to head off post installation attack > syndrome. You know. Like the Indiana Jones movies where the > dead always attack as he passes by. Pass by as you may, > Titebonded bridle straps aren't likely to attack beyond the > initial installation statute of limitations. It's a lock. I > tend to approach these things from the standpoint that if you > glue the weasel down in the first place, he won't be showing > up to bite you in the bedoingus later, when you least expect, > or need, it. In other words, always glue, and live long, loud, > and large, gloating about the low failure rate of your repairs > (statistically speaking). A decent glue joint today makes for > minimal trauma tomorrow, at least in this instance. > > Endtrans - The Phantom, > ..... > > </BLOCKQUOTE> <div>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com </div></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com