Phil, Thanks for the leads. I'm getting tired of the scarlet red look. I was hoping the supply houses also were getting tired of the same color. I'll look into the Fletcher place. Tom Servinsky,RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip L Ford" <fordpiano@lycos.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Understring felts- looking for different colors > Tom, > I haven't noticed that you got any responses. I've seen colored felts mentioned > in Fletcher & Newman's catalog but I haven't ordered any of it from them. If you > do please let us know about the quality. > > http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/ > > Phil F > --- > Phillip Ford > Piano Service & Restoration > 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215 > San Francisco, CA 94124 > > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 14:35:31 > Tom Servinsky wrote: > >List > >Could anyone out there provide some sources for different colors of stringing clothes and felts. In particular, the green under string felts found in many of the British and German pianos are quite nice. Are these available on the open market. Scarlet red is fine and dandy but finding many customers have requested a different color is possible. > >I've experiemented with dying the felt by hand but find the felt changes it's firmness, especially with the pressure bar felt. > >Would appreciate any itdeas. > >Tom Servinsky,RPT > > > >
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