Jurgen- Just to clarify - when you say "backcheck sets", what are you describing? In other words, would you be receiving the raw material and cutting it? Or sending us the material to cut ourselves? What are the dimensions? If the material is as good as you, and others, have indicated, and assuming I can get it in a usable form, I would be willing to commit to ordering at least two "sets", price, of course, remaining a question. I suspect you can put this thing together. David Skolnik At 09:36 PM 9/28/2005 -0700, you wrote: >I have good news and bad news on the Ecsaine front. First the good >news: from what I can tell by my (preliminary) tests, it seems to be >suited for use in pianos where buckskin has been traditionally used. >It even has some advantages over buckskin. The other good news is that >they are willing to sell it to me, for a reasonable price. > >The bad news - you guessed it - is the minimum order size. I am still >trying to negotiate this, but by the looks of it today, I would have to >sell about 500 grand backcheck sets before reaching the break even point >on my first order. Let's see... maybe I can per-suede (pun intended) the >Queen to do some wallpapering in Buckingham palace... > >Anyone else with an idea? Looking for a business partner here, preferably >the owner of a mid-size piano factory <G>. > >I'll pursue the issue yet, but it doesn't look too good right now. >Feel free to contact me off line with any helpful suggestions. > >Jurgen Goering >Piano Forte Supply >www.pianofortesupply.com > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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