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[pianoman]

In sticking your hand through the soundboard you performed the vital
function of equalizing the air pressure on both sides of the board. >:)
James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"I am only as good as my last tuning"

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> From: JIMRPT <JIMRPT@aol.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:  new one
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 7:51 PM
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/18/97 8:23:56 PM, you wrote:
> 
> <<"Do you think I gave the right advice?">>
>  As for the bug problem, Yeah IMO you gave exactly the right advice. 
Here in
> Florida we a blessed with a creature called the "powder post" beetle. 
They
> make a  very small entry hole and devour the wood from the inside, eating
> mostly the softer portions and leaving the grain lines except for moving
from
> one soft layer to another.  The piece of wood looks just fine until you
try to
> put a little pressure on it then...poof a lot of powder !  I suppose that
is
> where it got its name from.  Reminds me of the time I was tapping around
on a
> sounding board trying to find a problem and my knuckles went 'through'
the
> board...try explaining that to your customer.  :-)
>  Anyway your varmits sound like a variant of that genus and calling an
> exterminator is the only thing to do. 
>