Ecsaine

[Tom Sivak]

Thanks for setting me straight.  

  Baaaddd Corfam.  Goooood Escaine.  
   
  Got it.
   
  This piano certainly does not have corfam, which was what I wanted to confirm.  I think it doesn't have buckskin, either.  Looks too uniform, too perfect to be buckskin.  Works fine, though, so I can move on to other issues on the piano.
   
  Thanks again,
  Tom Sivak

Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote:
          Tom,
      You have your material names mixed up.
      Corfam is the evil substance. Escaine is the replacement material.
      Corfam is recognized as a hard as rock, inflexible substance that makes a sound like sandpaper when the jack "tries" to return when you release the key slowly and a clicky-slappy sound when the backcheck engages the catcher.
      The black stuff was the  predecessor to corfam and leaves a powdery black dust that is sometimes confused with mold.
      I've heard on list that pianotek  has Escaine
      Tom Driscoll
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Sivak 
  To: pianotech 
  Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:05 PM
  Subject: Ecsaine
  

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  I know Ecsaine comes in black.  Does it come in red, too?  I have a 1981 Baldwin Hamilton that I want to sell.  I've been warned that Baldwins of this vintage used Ecsaine, and although the backchecks and hammer butts are covered in something that is roughly the color of buckskin (it's a bit redder than most buckskin...) it's very smooth, and I suspect it may actually be Ecsaine.
   
  The piano is checking and playing fine, so it's not a problem I need to address, I don't think, but just for my own enlightenment, could this be Ecsaine?  
   
  What vintage Baldwin pianos have it?  What colors might you find it in?
   
  Tom Sivak
  Chicago

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