Ecsaine and player pianos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gordon stelter]

Dear Mr. Pebworth,
    I have been restoring players since 1970, and by
the time I was 20 Harvey Roehl himself was referring
me to clients in 3 states to have their reproducing
pianos rebuilt, after contacting the Vestal Press. 
My standards are very, very high. My pianos are
"Bosendorfer-neat" when completed, can be pumped with
one pinky-finger on one pedal ( and play very nicely )
and have sold for $18,000 to $22,000 
( regular foot pumpers ).
     So it may not make sense to categorize me as one
of the "butchers" we all run into, in this biz. 
     I simply asked a question. The last bunch of
leather I ordered wasn't very uniform and leaked
plenty, and my manhood is not decreased because I
would like to use materials from non-murdered sources.
It is increased.

     Sincerely,
     Thump


P.S. Thanks for the Chickering parts !



--- Al Pebworth <ralp1938-ptg@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thump asks:
> 
> Player Piano Valves and Gaskets????? Yea, go ahead
> and
> use it!  The repair work helps to keeps me in
> business!!! 
> 
> After all, I HAVE replaced Oil cloth that jerks used
> to recover pumps and reservoirs, valves made from
> inner tube punchings (That's what they use to put
> into
> all tires to hold the air in the tire), Silicon
> Caulking applied to ALL of the joints in place of
> gaskets, and more....much more.
> 
> Please folks, if you work on a player, use material
> as
> close to the original as possible.  They worked,
> they
> lasted, and the same applies today! 
> 
> I have personally played a Gulbransen that was made
> in
> 1922 in 1994. That's 72 YEARS! I know, that does not
> apply to most players, but conditions must have been
> just right on that piano.
> 
> Al Pebworth
> Pebworths Player Piano Center
> Chesapeake, Virginia
> 
> 
> --- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Subject: WHERE CAN I BUY ECSAINE,
> >
>
PLEEEEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > 
> > 
> > > And would it be good for player piano valve
> > facings,
> > > and gaskets, too ?????
> > >
> > >      THANKS!
> > >      Thump
> > 
> >     El Gordo,
> >     It is sold in fabric stores under the trade
> name
> > "Ultrasuede" .
> >     Too thin for backchecks but maybe OK for your
> > intent.
> >     Look in the remnant pile-It's expensive so
> they
> > don't throw any away.
> > 
> >     Tom Driscoll
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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