<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    You have your material names mixed up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Corfam is the evil substance. Escaine is the replacement material.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The black stuff was the  predecessor to corfam and leaves a powdery black dust that is sometimes confused with mold.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I've heard on list that pianotek  has Escaine</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT></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=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">Tom Sivak</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> Monday, January 01, 2007 12:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Ecsaine</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What vintage Baldwin pianos have it?  What colors might you find it in?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV> <DIV>Chicago</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>