wippen heel cushion

[Jon Page]

What tpye of leather?   Backcheck?   Thickness?
Is this ah, like, a really old Knabe?

I would tend to use action cloth for quietness
sans underfelt for firmness.

Jon Page

At 01:00 PM 4/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi gang,
>Tomorrow, I have to rebuild a set of old Knabe wippens since I can't get
>direct replacements. The original heel covering was leather, and I really
>didn't see any reason not to replace it with same. This hasn't come up for
>me before, so I thought I'd troll the list for thoughts, pro and con. Any
>suggestions, reasons?
>
>Thanks, 
> Ron 
>  

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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