baldwin console

[PDtek@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 11/19/99 9:47:02 PM Central Standard Time, 
lesbart@juno.com writes:

<< Well, it LOOKS like leather.........  light brown stuff.  What, then are
 my options?  Do I have to re-leather the hammer-butts? >>

Years ago I redid the butt leathers on two of these pianos and the material 
was light brown on both of them. The problem is that it is some kind of 
synthetic stuff that petrified over time. So feel them or stick them with 
something. Are they soft or are they like a rock?

The job amounts to removing the hammers, cutting through the "leather" at mid 
point, pulling the halves of with pliers and fastening on the new leather 
with CA glue at each end. Be sure not to get sloppy with the glue or it will 
wick through the leather and turn it hard, causing the very clicking you are 
trying to get rid of!

When you are done you will probably have to do some minor regulation.

Dave Bunch