Piano Cover | French Seam Saddle Stitch Cowhide Leather

[tiger carpenter]

I made a cowhide piano cover to protect my digital piano from collecting dust, as the dust is the biggest enemy of all the electric contacts, and the electronics equipment in general.


I scavenged the sofa from the street dumpster. The cowhide leather was quite damaged, probably by the cats and / or dogs..


I selected the two largest "good" leather pieces, and stitched them together, after cutting them nice and square.


I applied the saddle stitch, which uses 2 needles at the same time. It creates a really strong and tight connection between the 2 stitched pieces.


Then I glued the folded lips of the saddle stitch beneath the main surface, using the shoemaker's glue, which is also known as Butapren. I left the glue up under the wooden board, clamped to the table, and added 24 kg of weights in the middle of the board.


Additionally I cut the extra strap of cowhide, and glued it over the folded saddle stitch lips.


I used the sharp caliper to score the straight lines, evenly distanced from the center stitch line.
I punched the holes for stitching, using the top quality diamond laced fork, with 6 pins. You need to align the last pin with the last of the previously punched holes.


Hand stitching requires a lot of precision, and patience, but as you get the hang of it, you start becoming more efficient.


I cut out the rectangular dock, to allow the music stand to fit in that cutout.


I also cut the 4 corners, so that the piano cover can flip over all the 4 edges of the piano, and protect it from the dust.


The results were surprisingly very good. I am really happy with how the piano cover turned out.


As a bonus, and to make this video more entertaining, I made some noise on the piano. I played the classical piece: Prelude in C Major by J.S. Bach, as well as 2 fragments of my own composition called "Freedom", which I'm still working on. It will be a piano + electric guitar duel. I might add the lyrics / vocals in the future.


Digital Piano:
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Leather Sewing Kit:
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Leather Industrial Glue:
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Carpenter Steel Framing Square:
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HiFi Headphones:
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Audio Interface:
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Hum and Ground Loop Eliminator:
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XLR Cables:
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HiFi USB A to USB C Cable:
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Piano Stand Heavy Duty:
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J.S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book:
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[DIYer]

Thanks tiger carpenter! We've added your Piano Cover to our Miscellaneous category,
as well as to your builder page: tiger carpenter's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Piano Cover by tiger carpenter

tags: dust cover