[CAUT] Ecsaine as key bushing material

[Willem Blees]

Jon, 

Could you explain what escaine is? Maybe I've been livign in the South 
too long, but I've never heard of this stuff. 

Wim 

Quoting Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>:

> Why not? Bob at Pianotek said that someone is trying this at a
> university.
> 
> I have a piano action from a restaurant which takes a beating.
> Ecsaine might be more durable than cloth.
> 
> I have both .055 and .075 Ecsaine. The .075 is a little stiff to
> bend
> at the shoulder but the .055 seems suitable to bend.
> 
> I steamed out the old bushings and used Spurlock's sizing cauls.
> 
> A preliminary test shows that the .075 looks good for the balance
> rail
> but just snug on the front, .055 is too loose on the front rail.  I
> wonder if
> this stuff responds well to a key bushing iron. Any comparisons on
> how
> humidity affects cloth v. Ecsaine?
> 
> This seasonal restaurant is harbor-side, windows open to all sorts of
> damp air.
> Sunny one day, fog the next; or even in the same day.  Heck, in '91,
> hurricane
> Bob had the waterline 2 feet above their recently purchased S&S O.
> (Wally bought that one to restore).   I sold them another one,
> ex-XR.
> 
> This is the first overhaul since then.
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Page
> 


Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA
205-348-1469