White Powder

[Wimblees@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-09-13 19:38:56 EDT, you write:

<< Dear List,
      Tuned a newer Baldwin studio yesterday and noticed a white powdery
substance around the coils and down a ways toward the windings.  It wasn't on
the windings or at the hitch pin end.  Mostly in the bass section and up a
short way into the tenor.  When I ran a finger across it, it wasn't totally
dry but was slightly sticky.  Any ideas?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Bob Sadowski
 Erie, PA >>


When you unpack a box of tuning pins, there is a residue of white talc, to
keep the pins dry. When they string pianos, they use talc to keep fingers dry.
With high humidity, talc will tend to feel sticky. 

Willem Blees