Bridles

[John Delacour]

At 19:11 -0700 1/11/07, you wrote:

>All the time...they will supply the cord...;-]   I'd add, that 25+ 
>years is pretty good service for any part...

What?!! Are you talking about cars or pianos?  I expect to find a few 
broken cord loops on a 100 year old piano if it has suffered a lot of 
damp (which will ultimately rot the silk) but if they had had 
polyester cord in those days I'd expect them to last for 200 years.

JD