Recover Backchecks

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AL writes:

<< 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. >>

When I recover them, I just use a knife to lift a corner of the buckskin, 
then I just tear it off. The small amount of hide left on the wood can either be 
touched off with a bastard file, or left there to soften when the next brush 
of hide glue coats it for the new leather.  



Ed Foote RPT 
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