Ecsaine as key bushing material

[John Delacour]

At 6:34 pm +0100 12/4/07, John Delacour wrote:

>...I personally would not waste my time using any material that has 
>not proved itself to last at least 50 years, and leather bushed keys 
>I know will last for 100 years of moderate use.

In the convenient little chart at
  <http://www.ecsaine.com/english/about/suede/index.html>
I notice that they are unable to claim any superiority of Ecsaine 
over "animal suede" as regards abrasion resistance, even though this 
might be some very ordinary pigskin suede.  None of the other 
properties are at all relevant.

JD