Bernt Damm wrote from So. Africa:

> I have two player pianos in my workshop which require a new set of
> so-called 'pillow pouches' used mainly in German players and made of
> zephir skin.  I have imported 10 of these skins from a company in
> Kansas USA and I have manufactured a whole set of 160 pouches so far.

I repeat that Zephyr skin can no longer be trusted.  However, pouch
leather, AEolus cloth, pneumatic cloth, or the dreaded "Polylon" are
the only things that will work nowadays.

I would love to find a supplier of good quality zephyr, as the original
animal skin was great stuff.  I no longer trust the quality of that
certain Kansas USA company, and I would suggest you return the sorry
quality zephyr to the supplier with a nasty letter, as I often do.
I hope someday someone will find a good supplier.

Perhaps the Aussies will come up with something, as they have for high
quality cloths and leathers.

D. L. Bullock   Piano World St. Louis