Ted: Unless the mildew has gotten inside the action, etc. you can very easily remove the mildew with one of the commercial mildew sprays available in the supermarket. Becareful, of course, that you don't get the spray on the strings or on the hammers, etc, but it should remove the stuff. Mildew is a plant, and it has to be killed, and eliminated. I had mildew in a piano that was in a finished, but cool and dark basement. Once I got rid of the stuf, it never came back. Good luck Willem Blees RPT St. Louis
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