What do these changes mean for the future of chamber music? With the technological advances have come questions of aesthetics and sociological changes in music, writes analyst Baron.
Grades to leather are given by either the manufacturer OR the store that is selling it. If the manufacturer has applied a grading system, they are using the numbers/letters to tell you either a) what type of leather was used or b) how the leather was finished or a combination of the two.
Leather comes as a hide (odd shaped depending on the animal) â vinyl is on a roll (anything on a roll is NOT leather). Leather is very strong and durable, lasting 30+ years â good vinyl will last 10-15 years (depending on the use) â low grade vinyl will become hard and begin to crack after just a few years. Leather has a distinct smell. Vinyl does not. In the cold, vinyl gets hard and stiff.