<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=koi8-r" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Good Morning,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> Maybe youve done this .Take your tweezers , = grabe the strap as close as you can to where the strap goes into the shank , kinda = twist the strap , they should break off . If not use your razor = tool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dan</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:maxzuboff@mtu-net.ru" = title=maxzuboff@mtu-net.ru>Max Zuboff</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, = 2004 6:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Catchers & bridle straps</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  Hello.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  Are there any chances on = removing a catcher from its shank without destroying and drilling out the shank = or damaging anything else? I need to do that in order to replace bridle = straps on an upright in which the straps go down the same hollows in the = catchers to which the shanks are glued.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>