backchecks

William R. Monroe pianotech at a440piano.net
Wed Apr 16 19:14:42 MDT 2008


Noah,

Don't see why not.  The old felts are attached with hide glue (yeah!) and are easily removed by saturating (carefully) with a mixture of water and your favorite surfactant.  I generally use wallpaper remover, about 10:1 water to remover.  After a while (hour, two?) they will basically fall off.  Saturate and wait.  Why not do them all?  The cost of a complete set rather than a partial set of felt would be negligible, and the labor involved would hardly be any more either.  JMO.

William R. Monroe. 


  SNIP
  i want to replace just the center section backchecks of an old Steinway during a partial regulation. I noticed i can buy backcheck felt. i wonder: could i get the ild felt off and glue the new on without compromising the wippen pinning? 
  SNIP

  Noah Haverkamp 
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