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Buck Skin

Buck skin has the thin smooth outer skin removed.

Regular Buck Skin—generally has a courser grain than our high grade buck skin. It is suitable for general, less critical action work.

High Grade Buck Skin—fine grained buck skin tanned by a family with a tanning history for fortepianos going back to the middle of the 19th century. Skins come in several thicknesses and two stiffness grades, soft and firm.
Buck Skin

Regular Buck Skin

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The regular as well as the high grade buck skin can be used for back checks. The next comments are for the high grade buck skin. For buff stops the very thick soft buck skin is suitable. The soft buck skin in all thicknesses is good for covering hammer heads; it is very resilient. The stiff buck skin works very well as beak leather. The packages of assorted buck skin contain pieces of all thicknesses, useful for padding of mechanical action parts.

Regular Buck Skin

Cat No

Description

List Price

Special

#1782
#1783
#1784
#17841
#17842

Buck Skin 1-3/16”x40”
Buck Skin 3/8”x40”
Assorted Regular Buck Skin Pieces, 1/4 sq ft
Ass. Soft High Grade Buck Skin Pieces 1/4 sq ft
Ass. Firm High Grade Buck Skin Pieces 1/4 sq ft

$21.00
$7.50
$9.00
$12.00
$13.50

$14.00
$6.00
$6.00
$9.00
$10.00

High Grade Thick Buck Skin 2.5 to 3 mm

Cat No

Description

List Price

Special

#1781
#17815
#17816
#17817

Very Thick Buck Skin for buff stops 3”x4”
Thick Soft Buck Skin 1/4 sq ft
Thick Soft Buck Skin 1/2 sq ft
Thick Soft Buck Skin by sq ft (1 sq ft min)

$7.50
$19.50
$36.00
$69.00

$6.00
$13.00
$24.00
$46.00

High Grade Medium Buck Skin 2 mm

Cat No

Description

List Price

Special

#17821
#17822
#17825
#17826
#17827

Medium Firm Buck Skin for beaks 1/4 sq ft
Medium Firm Buck Skin for beaks 1/2 sq ft
Medium Soft Buck Skin 1/4 sq ft
Medium Soft Buck Skin 1/2 sq ft
Medium Soft Buck Skin by sq ft (1 sq ft min)

$21.00
$36.00
$18.00
$33.00
$63.00

$14.00
$24.00
$12.00
$22.00
$42.00

High Grade Medium Thin Buck Skin 1.5 mm

Cat No

Description

List Price

Special

#17831
#17832
#17835
#17836
#17837

Medium Thin Firm Buck Skin for beaks 1/4 sq ft
Medium Thin Firm Buck Skin for beaks 1/2 sq ft
Medium Thin Soft Buck Skin 1/4 sq ft
Medium Thin Soft Buck Skin 1/2 sq ft
Medium Thin Soft Buck Skin by sq ft (1 sq ft min)

$19.50
$34.50
$17.25
$31.50
$60.00

$13.00
$23.00
$11.50
$21.00
$40.00

High Grade Thin Buck Skin 1mm

Cat No

Description

List Price

Special

#17845
#17846
#17847

Thin Soft Buck Skin 1/4 sq ft
Thin Soft Buck Skin 1/2 sq ft
Thin Soft Buck Skin by sq ft (1 sq ft min)

$15.00
$28.50
$54.00

$10.00
$19.00
$36.00

High Grade Buck Skin
Soft and Firm