And what are you using for backcheck underfelt, please Ron ???

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

     I got several thicknesses of semi firm felt to
try from Jurgen, but if you already know which one is
best for a 1923 Steinway  M  (  with the older, bulgy
sort of backchecks  )  which will have Tokiwa wippens
and shanks, and Ronsen hammers, such advice will be
most sincerely appreciated.

 Thanks!
 Thump


--- Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> > 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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