New hammers for Hamilton school piano

[Joseph Garrett]

Ron,
 A very good source for buckskin is: Richard E. Meyers & Sons, Inc., 11
Factory Street, P.O.Box 307, Montgomery, NY, 12549; Phone: (914) 457-3834.
As for synthetics, I have not had one good experience with the stuff. It
does not work as well as quality Buckskin. IMHO And, it doesn't seem to have
the life span of good Buckskin. Again, IMHO.
You can also get South American Buckskin from APSCO. It is very supple and
is generally my choice for upright replacements.
Regards,
Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
P.S.
Meyer & Sons can do custom, special order stuff, if you ask. Finally, most
of the Synthetics are made out of petroleum products. Need I say more. :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: New hammers for Hamilton school piano


> >Ron,
> >What's wrong with real Buckskin? It has proven to be far superior to
> >anything else including the synthetics, (whatever the sales idiots choose
to
> >call it), since time immemorial. My choice every time.
> >Regards
> >Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>
> I've wondered that myself from time to time through the years when I was
> trying to make those new supply house parts work - what the heck's wrong
> with this buckskin? I've received plenty of parts I'd have been delighted
> to exchange for Ecsaine covered if the option had been available. How
> dependable have your sources of buckskin been through the years, and how
> stable was the quality? As a manufacturer, I'd think dependable uniformity
> of the supply would be real important given similar performance results
> between materials.
>
> I was just wondering if you had a practical reason for not liking
synthetics.
>
>
> Ron N