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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hello David N and List<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>That method of attaching the check tapes is the norm in =
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>. =
When they
get old and break and the leather tips break up and the whole shebang =
needs re-taping
then, regardless of how they <i><span =
style='font-style:italic'>were</span></i>
attached, I glue them to the back of the balance hammer. It works. =
Attachment
at the butt is not necessary and is at best likely to come off in time. =
I do
use “clip-ons” but only in an emergency when there is no =
time to
wait for the glue to dry.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Michael G.(<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place =
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>)<o:p></o:p></span></font>=
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: David Nereson [mailto:dnereson@4dv.net] <br>
Sent: 24 September 2005 08:02<br>
To: Pianotech<br>
Subject: Re: bridle straps</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
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10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>>Use the clip-on straps available from =
Schaff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>>Roy Czekay<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'> That's what I usually do, also. Someone =
remarked a while back that
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>he thought using the cork or clip-on straps was unprofessional =
and that
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the only way to go was to glue them into the butt along with the
catcher <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>shank. But I serviced a studio upright two weeks ago where =
the bridles
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>were originally glued by the factory into where the catcher is =
glued to
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the catcher shank, and not into the butt. Only one =
I've ever seen
like <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>that (done by the factory, that is). --David Nereson, =
RPT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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