Recover Backchecks

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Mon Jan 14 16:12:03 MST 2008


> I am also recovering the backchecks in this piano. Does anyone have a 
> way to easily remove the old buckskin? This job has always slowed me down.

Dip them six or eight at a time in boiling water. The leather 
fossilizes and curls off. A little longer and the felt slides 
off too. Do the key end felts the same way at the same time.
Ron N


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