<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Julie,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Baldwin used to have a kit to replace them. It was cut up pieces of material, and C/A glue.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It might be worth while contacting them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://atonal.ca/repair/bleather.html">http://atonal.ca/repair/bleather.html</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Check out this site for info on repair.</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 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=Juliaeux@aol.com href="mailto:Juliaeux@aol.com">Juliaeux@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hello all and black mold on piano catches question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hey guy!<BR><BR>           Yes, you are right on the money! It was a 70's Baldwin and the black stuff was in the "fibers" of the "leather" as well as the catches.<BR><BR>Thanks <BR>Julie<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>