Bridle Straps

[Ron Nossaman]

> It is possible that a tech before you may have not been trained to only 
> use a */spot/* of glue on the cork.  

Not the cork, the tape.


>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?


You deal with it like all the other stuff you deal with every 
day. It's not the end of the world, and so rarely comes up, 
that it's mostly a non issue. How many sets of bridle straps 
would you expect to replace in any given piano, anyway?  If 
mice are eating them (my Father in law always wanted to market 
cheese flavored bridle straps to insure future income), they 
are doing plenty of other damage to the piano in the process, 
which limits repeat jobs. If the straps are deteriorating from 
age, how many years can we realistically expect a piano to 
last and function with superficial repairs like bridle strap 
replacement? I'd say if you're installing the third set of 
bridle straps, after the guy who installed the second, the 
piano most likely needs a thorough rebuilding, or a tour of 
the dump. Forget the mortician's makeup, and just close the lid.

Ron N