Is Ecsaine good for backchecks ???

[David Nereson]

gordon stelter wrote:

>How about on hammer butts, knuckles....
>     I'd like to try this stuff. Please advise me, oh
>pianistic sages, and on sources.
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>     Thanks!
>     Thump
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I thought Ecsaine was the stuff Baldwin used on upright hammer butts and 
catchers for a while, instead of leather, and that over the years it 
hardened too much and started clicking, so then it had to be replaced, 
for which job Baldwin offered special kits which included glue and some 
new material.  Or was the new material the Ecsaine?
    --David Nereson, RPT