ecsaine: get it from Pianotek!

gordon stelter lclgcnp at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 14 10:30:57 MST 2007


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
> 



 
____________________________________________________________________________________
Have a burning question?  
Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.


More information about the Pianotech mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC