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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Anyone
using Escaine in place of leather for key
bushings?</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Anyone
tried ultrasuede for bushings? The piano-industry stuff
that's </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">in use
now for knuckles and backchecks?</font></blockquote>
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<div>I have tried Ecsaine on a sample and it was spongy. It is not
firm enough</div>
<div>to withstand the compression from the pin. It might standup
well over time</div>
<div>but just does not offer a firm base in this critical
application.</div>
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<div>If it were suitable, don't you think it would be widely used by
manufacturers?</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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