[CAUT] Ecsaine as key bushing material

[Fred Sturm]

And used by many makers now, I believe including Steinway, for  
knuckles. One assumes that one benefit is that it stretches equally  
in both directions (unlike buckskin), so there will be less  
likelihood of flabby knuckles. From a manufacturing point of view,  
buckskin is a big problem, being uneven in quality and needing a lot  
of attention to grade it, choose what part to use, get it to the  
right thickness, make sure of grain (especially direction in which it  
stretches least), etc. Many people I respect are saying it works  
better, and will definitely not go hard like corfam. Seems to be the  
wave of the future.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Apr 12, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Christopher Purdy wrote:

> Synthetic buckskin material.  Made famous by Baldwin as the  
> material we used to replace the corfam.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Willem Blees wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.
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