>The piano had come from the Pittsburgh, PA area. I assumed that the >discoloration was simply the industrial pollution that had not been removed >by human lungs. That's what I was thinking, and why I asked about the black fluff piled up on the top sides of the braces. It goes with the black actions in pianos from coal burning households, or whole cities. Un-fun. Ron N
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