<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Ron, I'll give it a try. Sounds like it will do much better than the water, vinegar and wallpaper remover system I've been using.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al G</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Ron Nossaman" <</FONT><A href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net"><FONT face=Arial>rnossaman@cox.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:12 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: Re: Recover Backchecks</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>>> I am also recovering the backchecks in this piano. Does anyone have a <BR>>> way to easily remove the old buckskin? This job has always slowed me down.<BR>> <BR>> Dip them six or eight at a time in boiling water. The leather <BR>> fossilizes and curls off. A little longer and the felt slides <BR>> off too. Do the key end felts the same way at the same time.<BR>> Ron N<BR>></FONT></BODY></HTML>