AL writes: << I am also recovering the backchecks in this piano. Does anyone have a way to easily remove the old buckskin? This job has always slowed me down. >> When I recover them, I just use a knife to lift a corner of the buckskin, then I just tear it off. The small amount of hide left on the wood can either be touched off with a bastard file, or left there to soften when the next brush of hide glue coats it for the new leather. Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.<BR> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489</HTML>
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