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Dear Techs

I need to replace the catcher leather on an upright piano that has worn very thin.

I am wondering if there may be a more efficient way to replace the catcher leather without removing the hammers from the beam? I am willing to remove the hammers and go that route but am hoping that someone may have a better way of going about this?

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Remove the action from the piano, unhook the bridle tapes, fold newspaper over the backchecks, brush wall paper remover on the catcher leather, wait for the glue to soften enough to remove the leather, wash gluing surface with wet rag until catchers are clean, wait for the wood to dry, glue new leather on. Do a neat job by using sharp cutting tools.

If the piano is really worn and additional work is not going to be done soon, I just glue new leather over the old.

Thank you Ed. How long does this procedure take to do?

Thanks BDB, interesting idea.