I suspect this is Paris Green (copper acetoarsenite). Common, Nasty. See _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_green_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_green) Bob Davis In a message dated 3/28/2009 8:44:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, davidskolnik at optonline.net writes: My dear Southern Brothers - Would anyone from Florida or Louisiana (or other) have any idea of the origin of an unusual lime-ish green powder that seems to have been distributed over the hammers and dampers of a Baldwin Acrosonic that I looked at yesterday? The piano lived, previously in the those states. It does not seem to relate to any copper oxidation (the strings are fine), nor to any abraided felts (there is nothing else of that color). Could it have been some bug or mildew treatment? I'd like to know, before I try tasting it. Thanks David Skolnik Hastings on Hudson, NY **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090328/a71e7c94/attachment.html>
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