Hi Ron, Thank you. I did get a couple of other replies too. One thought the Kangaroo would be ok, the other said stick with Zephyr. I am going to go with the kangaroo, Schaff carries it, and had sent me a sample of their player materials. I like the nice red colour, :-) and it appears as if it would be more air tight, as the consistency feels better. They wont go for a rebuild of the player. They initially just let me, get it working, replaced the tubing, and replaced the air motor with a rebuilt one. I have a couple of rebuilt motors, that I carry to a player call. This allows me to get it working, then as play, they get the bug to have some more done. I by that time have their original air motor rebuilt. If they don't call me back, I use their motor as a replacement in the next one, although if I pass there place, in the interim, I put the original motor back, as the time for changing is negligible. I have a rural clientele, so full rebuilds of anything, is not a common, occurrence. Also we are not a prosperous area. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Replacement for Zephyr skin? > >Hi List, > >I was wondering, if I could replace the Zephyr skin pouches with anything > >else. > >I was thinking of the thin kangaroo skin. > >It is just a normal, old pumping player. > >Thank you. > >Regards, > >John M. Ross > > > Hi John, > This is old news, I know, but a recent round trip cross country migration > has put me a tad more behind the times than usual. Also, you didn't get any > responses that I noticed among the 625 messages I downloaded and skimmed > last night, so I guess it's all right. > > Most "normal" old players had leather pouches, so you ought to be able to > get away with the substitution. If the Zephyr skin was original > installation, the bleed will be too big for the more porous leather and you > should change them too. I've always used the thin tan pneumatic leather > from Schaff or APSCO with little problem. The skins aren't uniform in > thickness, so you will want to use the thinner areas for small primary > pouches, and the thicker (up to a point) for large secondaries. Some of it > will be too thick, even in the "thin" category, for anything but big cut > out pouches. > > Who's selling kangaroo pouch leather, and actually has it in stock? Roo > hide is pretty up-town stuff in the thicker flavors and I'd like to try the > pouch leather. > > Also, you are replacing the valve leather, re-hinging and recovering all > bellows and pneumatics, hoses, tubing, flap valves, gaskets, leather nuts, > and rebuilding the piano too... right? > > > Ron N >
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