[pianotech] Baldwin upright: bobbling hammers, poor checking

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/23/2011 4:35 AM, Gregor _ wrote:
> Thank you all for the answers. There is no budget to repair anything, I
> was just curious if that is a well known problem. Obviously it is. If I
> were to repair it, I would replace that whatever its name is with real
> leather.

Or with Ecsaine, which is nicer to work with, uniform in thickness and 
working properties, and will likely outlast leather anyway. A lot of 
manufacturers are using Ecsaine now because it's terrific stuff. What's 
on there now is Corfam, which is NOT terrific stuff.
Ron N