Hello list: I have a situation where the hammers on a piano seem to be eaten or chewed, with no signs of mice. They have a stain on them as well. The condition apparenly started within the last two years, since a well known tech had worked on this piano before his death and never mentioned anything to the owner. I am enclosing pictures to help anybody diagnose the problem. Also, with the same piano, rust has formed under the pressure bar almost welding the strings in place. To the owners knowledge, no water has ever been spilt on the piano - (no leaking roofs, no plants put on the piano, etc.). They don't live in a high humidity cliamate. Could some kind of chemical have been used to cause this? Any suggestions on what could cause this, and how to go about removing the rust? (and yes... it's under the whole plate). -- WhiteSounds Piano Tuning & Repair 1-877-588-6464 403-952-0792 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081104/fea9e68f/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010436.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 235456 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081104/fea9e68f/attachment-0003.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010440.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 223275 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081104/fea9e68f/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010441.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 226161 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081104/fea9e68f/attachment-0005.jpe
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