Recover Backchecks

[AlliedPianoCraft]

Thanks Ron, I'll give it a try. Sounds like it will do much better than the water, vinegar and wallpaper remover system I've been using.


Al G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: Recover Backchecks


> 
>> I am also recovering the backchecks in this piano. Does anyone have a 
>> way to easily remove the old buckskin? This job has always slowed me down.
> 
> Dip them six or eight at a time in boiling water. The leather 
> fossilizes and curls off. A little longer and the felt slides 
> off too. Do the key end felts the same way at the same time.
> Ron N
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