Two things: dirt and rust. JRW jrwhiteltd at msn.com (253) 922-2372 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Avery Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:15 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: The piano that betrayed Goldfinger STUPIDITY!!!!!! Avery Todd At 12:01 PM 4/28/2006, you wrote: >Hello list, > >I went to tune an old Cable grand today at a little country church. The >pastor had told me over the phone the day before that a ballpoint pen had >recently fallen down into the action, and asked if I could remove it while I >was there. > >When I pulled out the action, I was surprised to see that it had been >covered in paint -- GOLD paint. Someone had obviously re-whatevered the >action at some point, and decided to put a finishing touch on the job by >spray-painting the entire action, keys and all (except for the hammers, >which appeared to be original, and the new keytops). I wonder what would >possess anyone to do such a thing? > >Paul Mulik
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