I have. It works great and is more uniform than
buckskin. Call Bob at Pianotek. I believe he ordered a
bunch of it, in the 3 thicknesses used for pianos, and
it just hasn't been listed in their catalogue, yet.
Thump
--- Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I recently ordered a yard of ultrasuede (ecsaine)
> from Denver Fabrics
> > (www.denverfabrics.com
> <http://www.denverfabrics.com/>). What they sent
> > is around .035 thick. It looks and feels nice,
> but a little on the thin
> > side.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also ordered buckskin from Schaff and it is
> around .075 thick, which
> > seems a little too thick.
> >
> >
> >
> > My application is catchers and knuckles on a
> vertical action. Has anyone
> > else used ecsaine that thin in these applications?
> >
> >
> >
> > *Dean*
>
>
> Yes, on Baldwin Corfam replacements. The original
> was about
> 1.3mm (0.052"), but the thinner Ecsaine works fine.
> I also
> laminate two layers together with PVC-E for grand
> backchecks,
> and love it. Toray makes a 1.2mm, and 1.8mm product
> too, but
> nobody in this country seems to stock anything but
> the thin
> stuff, so I improvise.
>
> Ron N
>
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