<!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 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Noah,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Don't see why not.  The old felts are attached with hide glue (yeah!) and are easily removed by saturating (carefully) with a mixture of water and your favorite surfactant.  I generally use wallpaper remover, about 10:1 water to remover.  After a while (hour, two?) they will basically fall off.  Saturate and wait.  Why not do them all?  The cost of a complete set rather than a partial set of felt would be negligible, and the labor involved would hardly be any more either.  JMO.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>SNIP</DIV> <DIV>i want to replace just the center section backchecks of an old Steinway during a partial regulation. I noticed i can buy backcheck felt. i wonder: could i get the ild felt off and glue the new on without compromising the wippen pinning? <BR>SNIP</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Noah Haverkamp </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>