<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Quality of tie tapes/bridle straps</title></head><body> <div>At 19:08 -0300 11/9/07, John Ross wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>I find some pianos in the area, have had the tapes replaced, with what I thought was shoelace material.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Possibly it was material such as yours.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Would a shoelace manufacturer, possibly be a source for what you want?</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Brilliant thought!  At least they should be able to tell me the name of the weave, though in the case of a shoelace it is probably knitted since it is not tape but a (flattened) tube.  Here is a scanning of a flat black "Kiwi" shoelace I happened to have right here.  The pattern certainly does seem to be very similar and the sleeve says "Made in England".  Come to think of it Leicester, where my tape was made, I'm told, is one of the traditional centres of the shoe industry, so I think we may be onto something.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Thanks.</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><img src="cid:p06240814c30ccd1a1b75@[10.0.0.6].1.0"></div> </body> </html>