Moldy bass strings

[Mark Story]

Hi Steve,

On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, S. Brady wrote:

>
> Have any of you ever worked on or seen a piano which had bright green
> mold (not corrosion) on the bass strings?
>

Well... yes, but in this case the culprit was clearly "mouse wizz", which
I would put in the corrosion catagory.  If this piano was in your area,
are you sure it wasn't moss? ;)  A sure tipoff would be the slug trails
on the plate.

Mark Story, RPT

mstory@ewu.edu
Eastern Washington University Music Department
Cheney, Washington, USA