Hi Terry, Baldwin will send you escane--another synthetic, not buckskin. Try this link for an excellent approach. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/atonal/bleather.html At 08:04 AM 12/06/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Hey Kristinn. Not buckskin. Corfam. Manmade. Do a search on the archive and >you will get about 10,000 hits. Many approaches to replacement. But all >approaches are replacement. Call Baldwin and they will send you free glue >and new buckskin. Haven't done it yet myself. Good luck. > >Terry Farrell >Piano Tuning & Service >Tampa, Florida >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kristinn Leifsson" <istuner@islandia.is> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 5:38 AM >Subject: Baldwin buckskin > > >> Hi people, >> >> I´ve been noticing that on a lot of Baldwins I´ve seen there is hard >> buckskin, both on the hammer butt and on the back-catch. >> What causes this? >> These are pianos from around the 70's, I think. >> >> >> Anything that I can do except replace them? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Kristinn >> >> > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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