source for maroon felt?

[Bill Peterson]

Rit dye works and holds up will.  I used it on white string braid to color
it green.  It is still good after 20 years.
  Be sure to wash it afterwards.    Bill Peterson
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Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: source for maroon felt?


> Billbrpt writes:
> << It would seem to me that you could change red felt to
> maroon by using some shade of blue.  A box of rit dye doesn't cost much.>>
>
> Greetings,
>     I did this on my first Steinway rebuild. It had to be a white
piano,(the
> original case was bookmatched burl walnut, but had been refinished to a
> white without any primer/clear coat.  When stripped, it was dotted with
white
> in all the pores!  A disgrace, but what could I do.? The new buyer wanted
a
> white piano, also. )
>     The felt needed to be green so I dyed it with RIT.  John Musselwhite?
> That is Ray Griff's piano.  How is the color holding up?
> Regards,
> Ed Foote RPT