Newbie question: Are bridle straps necessary?

[Duaine Hechler]

Jeff,

I'm a relative newbie too. But my trainer has said that they are needed 
to help the hammer return in fast repetition notes, especially if the 
hammer springs are old and/or weak.

Duaine

boller3@icubed.com wrote:

>Hi everybody --
>
>I recently picked up an old Stultz & Bauer upright and am getting it into
>shape to be used as a honky tonk (tack) piano in my home studio.
>
>In the course of fixing things up inside the piano, several of the bridle
>straps broke from brittleness. My question is, is it absolutely necessary
>to replace the bridle straps? From what I understand, the main purpose of
>the bridle straps are to keep the jacks from dropping when the action of
>the piano is taken out. If the keys appear to work fine without the bridle
>straps, I assume they will continue to be OK...?
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>-Jeff
>
>P.S.: Sorry if this is a dumb question; I am a total newbie when it comes
>to fixing/tuning pianos.
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