<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron N said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>Backchecks, Joe. Ain't you paying attention? Toray makes a = 1.85mm <BR>thickness specifically for piano use, but it doesn't seem to be <BR>available anywhere in this country in less than multiple lifetime = <BR>usage quantities. I thought a supplier might be in a position to <BR>buy a = minimum quantity and sell it in smaller acreage lots to us. <BR>I'm in the market."<BR><BR>Ron N,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Yeah, I'm kinda paying attention.<G> Just liking to know your = use. Would you consider Escaine better than Leather? If so, why? Just = wondering if checking is more/less consistant......etc.? I'm not a big fan of "synthetics", although the escaine used for capping beater hammers or = the original use: capping worn CP70-80 hammers, is acceptable. Since this = stuff hasn't been around for a great time, just wondering what it's going to = do 10-20-30 years down the road.</DIV> <DIV>Personally, I wish we could get some of the great leather of the = past century. (But, of course, that's not possible, since most of that "great = leather" was processed with unacceptable chemicals, such as Chromium and = is no longer available, in any form. [sigh])</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>