Is Ecsaine good for backchecks ???

[John Ross]

Corfam was used on the uppers. It allowed you to have a really nice shine.
I used to be in the Navy, and when they found out we were "cheating", they 
outlawed them for Division/Parade. No shortcuts allowed, real spit and 
polish required.

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Nereson" <dnereson@4dv.net>
To: <dnereson@4dv.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: Is Ecsaine good for backchecks ???


> I thought Ecsaine was the stuff Baldwin used on upright hammer butts and 
> catchers for a while, instead of leather, and that over the years it 
> hardened too much and started clicking, so then it had to be replaced, for 
> which job Baldwin offered special kits which included glue and some new 
> material.  Or was the new material the Ecsaine?
>
>>    --David Nereson, RPT
>>
> Woops.......replying to my own post, I forgot that the original material 
> used by Baldwin on butts and catchers was Corfam (also used for shoe soles 
> at the time) and that the replacement material they furnished was (is 
> still?) Ecsaine.   --D.N.
>
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