Zeno, Ah, no, Kawai has never used anything like this. However, the standard material liberally coated with graphite looks similar, so perhaps that is what you have seen. Don Mannino _____ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Zeno Wood Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 5:09 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] your father's butt I've seen it on a Kawai upright, it's not just Baldwin. -Zeno Wood On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: Ok, now that I have your attention, I have a question. It's a question I ask every couple of years or so on these lists, and no one's come up with an answer yet. It's up on the wheel again, and with the number of recovering Baldwin employees extant, I keep hoping someone has a name to put on this stuff. It's a faux butt and catcher leather found in Baldwin verticals prior to Corfam. It's the sticky black stuff, that degenerates into stickier black dust until it wears to the backing, beyond which it generates a weird sort of web. Maybe it's "Cob"? Does anyone, please, know anything about this evil stuph? Yea, I know it needs replaced, but I'd really like an ID. Thanks, maybe Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091202/3f08863f/attachment-0001.htm>
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