Replacement for Zephyr skin?

[John Ross]

Hi Ron,
Thank you. I did get a couple of other replies too. One thought the
Kangaroo would be ok, the other said stick with Zephyr.
I am going to go with the kangaroo, Schaff carries it, and had sent me
a sample of their player materials. I like the nice red colour, :-) and it
appears as if it would be more air tight, as the consistency feels better.
They wont go for a rebuild of the player. They initially just let me, get
it working, replaced the tubing, and replaced the air motor with a rebuilt
one.
I have a couple of rebuilt motors, that I carry to a player call. This
allows
me to get it working, then as play, they get the bug to have some more done.
I by that time have their original air motor rebuilt. If they don't call me
back,
I use their motor as a replacement in the next one, although if I pass there
place,
in the interim, I put the original motor back, as the time for changing is
negligible.
I have a rural clientele, so full rebuilds of anything, is not a common,
occurrence.
Also we are not a prosperous area.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: Replacement for Zephyr skin?


> >Hi List,
> >I was wondering, if I could replace the Zephyr skin pouches with anything
> >else.
> >I was thinking of the thin kangaroo skin.
> >It is just a normal, old pumping player.
> >Thank you.
> >Regards,
> >John M. Ross
>
>
> Hi John,
> This is old news, I know, but a recent round trip cross country migration
> has put me a tad more behind the times than usual. Also, you didn't get
any
> responses that I noticed among the 625 messages I downloaded and skimmed
> last night, so I guess it's all right.
>
> Most "normal" old players had leather pouches, so you ought to be able to
> get away with the substitution. If the Zephyr skin was original
> installation, the bleed will be too big for the more porous leather and
you
> should change them too. I've always used the thin tan pneumatic leather
> from Schaff or APSCO with little problem. The skins aren't uniform in
> thickness, so you will want to use the thinner areas for small primary
> pouches, and the thicker (up to a point) for large secondaries. Some of it
> will be too thick, even in the "thin" category, for anything but big cut
> out pouches.
>
> Who's selling kangaroo pouch leather, and actually has it in stock? Roo
> hide is pretty up-town stuff in the thicker flavors and I'd like to try
the
> pouch leather.
>
> Also, you are replacing the valve leather, re-hinging and recovering all
> bellows and pneumatics, hoses, tubing, flap valves, gaskets, leather nuts,
> and rebuilding the piano too... right?
>
>
> Ron N
>