If you are going to use the cover to enhance humidity control then you need to purchase DampChaser's product, as they have a patent on using a cover for that purpose. Their cover does come with Velcro fasteners. If you are going to use a cover for appearance purposes only, you can save quite a bit by sourcing the materials yourself. Get black speaker cloth at Joann Fabric. They almost always have 40% off sales going, usually you can get the coupon in a flyer at the front of the store that is good for the following week. I usually buy the whole bolt of whatever is left on the roll. It'll do several pianos. Get Velcro tabs at http://www.fastenation.com <http://www.fastenation.com/> . Choose the Select a Fastening System drop down box, pick Velcro Brand Tape off the drop down list. Scroll down through the options on the new page and you'll come to the roll of 1" squares in white or black. They are called 1" X 1" BLACK VELCRO MATED KISS CUT HOOK AND LOOP, a roll of around 900 for about $71 w/ shipping. I always put a staple through the pad that sticks to the piano using a big staple gun and the pads are spaced about 8-10" apart. I then use a heavy duty desktop stapler to staple the pad that sticks to the cloth. If you want to use the iron on sticky tape for the backs of vertical pianos it is available in just about any sewing department of WalMart, K-Mart, etc. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Garret Traylor Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 2:14 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Wind Screen / Back Cover Hi Patrick, I don't particularly like the idea of using a stapler gun and Velcro can be expensive. I'm looking for an idea that is more secure than velcro, functional, serviceable, sturdy, nice looking .... etc. All Damp-Chaser does is sell a product I don't ever remember them providing mounting scenarios. Kindest Regards, Garret -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080811/86d54ed6/attachment-0001.html
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