damper felt sizes

[John Delacour]

At 21:44 -0700 1/11/07, Jurgen Goering wrote:

>I am preparing to have my own "house brand" of damper felts made for 
>Piano Forte Supply.  I can essentially have them cut to my 
>specifications, as long as I buy the minimum factory order. 
>[gulp...]   The material I will be using is first-rate horizontal 
>felt coming from Germany.

I have not been at all impressed with the German damper felt I get 
from Germany and last time I ordered from my supplier I asked them to 
send also some branded Yamaha strips, which are quite a bit dearer 
but of far better quality.  A sheet of flat felt I got from them was 
also not satisfactory in that the felt was visibly and palpably still 
in layers, easy to tear apart and difficult to cut into lengths.  For 
the flat sheets I have reverted to Laoureux felt.   Whether the 
German felt is from VFG or Wurzen I don't know, but I can probably 
find out.

The Japanese felt has been excellent for as long as I've been in the 
trade.  Who makes the felt for Yamaha and Kawai I wish I knew.  The 
mention of Tokiwa felt also interests me -- perhaps it is the same. 
Where can this be bought?  SO far as I know there is no outlet in 
Europe.

JD