Looks like mice damage from here. They can crawl all over a piano. Places that you wouldn't think possible. If there is no other signs of mice inhabitation, it could be moths. About the rust ... you got pictures of that also? You can lube that area to help rendering. -- JF On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris White <whitesounds at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list: I have a situation where the hammers on a piano seem to be > eaten or chewed, with no signs of mice. They have a stain on them as > well. The condition apparenly started within the last two years, since a > well known tech had worked on this piano before his death and never > mentioned anything to the owner. I am enclosing pictures to help anybody > diagnose the problem. Also, with the same piano, rust has formed under the > pressure bar almost welding the strings in place. To the owners knowledge, > no water has ever been spilt on the piano - (no leaking roofs, no plants put > on the piano, etc.). They don't live in a high humidity cliamate. > Could some kind of chemical have been used to cause this? Any suggestions > on what could cause this, and how to go about removing the rust? (and > yes... it's under the whole plate). > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081104/1d99af96/attachment.html
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