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Hello leatherworkers, I am a young pianist and I have recently started learning to play my great-grandfather's accordion. While I am enjoying playing the accordion very much, the strap is worn at one end and I am worried it may snap. It's also very stretched out from much love over the years. I would like to have a new simple leather strap made in the same shape as this one, and can provide the original as a template. I have checked with various leatherworking businesses around me (Greater Vancouver/Fraser Valley area), but none of them do custom work. The one modification I would suggest for the new strap would be to make it about 1 cm shorter than the original (i.e. reduce the length of the middle portion by 1cm), to compensate for stretching the original has gone through. There is no sewing involved; the original is just a long leather rectangle with some holes cut out. There is a slight indentation around the perimeter; I believe it is purely decorative in nature but I am not entirely sure. Sorry if I am omitting any important details. I myself am unfamiliar with leatherworking, but I will try to answer any questions to the best of my ability. Please send me a message or email if you think this is something you could do! My email is nathan zemp at gmail dot com (remove all spaces and replace "at" and "dot" with symbols). Thank you! Nathan