Oh Great Masters of instilling beautiful sound and wonderful touch into heavy objects of wood, metal and wool ... This very humbled student, wishes to inquire as to what one does about worn backcheck felt on pianos that have strings in a plane perpendicular to the earth. All of my meager attempts at acquiring a suitable replacement have failed miserably. What I have been able to procure seems noticeably thinner, of a differing density, having a strange weave and some, seemingly saturated at the core with an elixir not unlike glue sizing to stiffen the strange fibers. Attempts to use these thinner substitutes could potentially interfere with the jack. That is, unless, I put two bends in the backcheck wire to deform it away from jack toe. The only remaining possibility I can see (I am very near-sighted), would be to purchase backchecks from a manufacturer that creates these thingees in a similar form to what I need. Any assistance in coping with this task will be very much appreciated and will elicit great praise for the one responsible for easing my thirst for this knowledge. Respectfully yours, Kevin S.(Soon to take the exams) Riggs
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