<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Alan,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You had labelled it correctly. I am still using my roll, bit by bit.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Nameboard felt, it is.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:49 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: What IS this stuff???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004>"</SPAN>What is 38" wide red felt? I am confused <SPAN class=031114504-11092004>..."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004>It was supposed to say 3/8" ... wait, maybe the slash doesn't print right, anyway "three-eights of an inch."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004>Well, I can't imagine every ordering such a great wad of red nameboard felt. I'm guessing it's key bushing felt. Anyone remember APSCO having kinda weird (and a little fuzzy) bushing felt?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004>By the way, this isn't the first time I've wished I'd hung onto my APSCO catalog.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=031114504-11092004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> hubert liverman [mailto:hubertliverman@bellsouth.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 10, 2004 5:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: What IS this stuff???<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks like name board felt to me. I have another wad of this also. Could it be old bushing cloth that was used in key work?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert Liverman</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 10, 2004 4:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What IS this stuff???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial>Just inventoried my felts and punchings; came across old envelop full of alien guts, or something.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial> I bought this years ago from APSCO, I'm sure. The number on it is 902 A. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial>It is 38" wide red felt, so I assume it is for key bushing, but it is fuzzier and woven differently than Schaff's key felt. At some point, I wrote "Nameboard Felt" on the package--no way, too narrow, too thick.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=061290321-10092004><FONT face=Arial>When it was new, it was in a very pretty coil. Now it looks like a pile of spaghetti, or as I say, alien guts. Ha.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 09/06/2004<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 09/06/2004<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>