Green chalk on Steinway keyframe

[Lance Lafargue]

I think I may take it outdoors, wear a mask, and vacuum it or blow it. 
Thanks to all.

LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
New Orleans Chapter
Mandeville, LA.
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> From: Phil Bondi <tito@PhilBondi.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Green chalk on Steinway keyframe
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 7:01 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Lance Lafargue wrote:
> 
> > I am working on a 1913 model O Steinway with_lots_of bright green
> > chalk-like
> > powder on the keyframe and I was reviewing a post Dick Powell made
months
> > ago about it possibly being arsenic.
> 
> If it's what I think it is, this powder is/was used to keep away
> rodents..Vacuum and discard.
> 
> >   Would it help grow my hair back?
> 
> try it and get back to me!
> 
> Rookie