Backcheck noise

[Ron Nossaman]

> The original knuckles on this piano are escaine.  Interestingly, the 
> replacements (to resolve some excess side play at the bird’s eye) that 
> were sent were leather.  Just running your finger over them there is 
> definitely a difference in how much noisier the escaine knuckles are.   
> If the backchecks are also escaine, I suppose this could be responsible 
> for the noise. 
> 
> David Love


That's interesting. There are plenty of pianos out there these 
days with Ecsaine checks, butts, knuckles, and catchers. Why 
would Steinway's Ecsaine be noisy when no one's complained (as 
I recall) about, say Yamaha?
Ron N