[CAUT] Critter-damaged punchings

[Susan Kline]

At 07:36 PM 5/10/2007, you wrote:
>I saw some strange bugs in a Kawai upright that was in the red felt. 
>They were in a felt strip that was between the top of the plate and 
>the lid. They dug little holes back into the felt and left a little 
>pile of red powder below the hole. I didn't see them in any other 
>felt than the red. I thought it was odd. I didn't think they were 
>moths. More like a chigger digging a burrow. They might have been in 
>the balance rail felts too, I can't remember. I think I put on a new set.

yes, I think that little strip (which seems to be there for looks 
only) must not be moth-proofed as well as most of the other felts. 
I've sometimes seen it all eaten up when the rest of the action seems fine.

You may have been seeing carpet beetle, something one does not wish 
to have in one's house.

Susan Kline