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

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

Grreat! Thanks !!!
 Thump


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

> 
> 
> >      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.
> 
> Sorry, I don't have a measurement. I keep several
> thicknesses 
> and use something that's deeper than the cutout the
> felt goes 
> in, but not so deep a small spring clamp won't
> compress it 
> flush with where the Ecsaine glues on. I cut the
> felt very 
> slightly narrow of the backcheck, and glue it on
> first. The 
> Ecsaine is cut very slightly wide (looks neater when
> the felt 
> isn't slopping out the sides), and the top is glued
> first. 
> After drying, the Ecsaine is stretched and glued at
> the 
> bottom, with a spring clamp and a flat maple caul.
> When the 
> clamp comes off later, the felt springs the covering
> up into a 
> nice rounded pad. I thought I had some photos, but I
> don't 
> find any.
> Ron N
> 



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