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<DIV><SPAN class=000471913-18022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>George,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=000471913-18022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've
seen some spinet which had some kind of foam instead of felt for the hammer
spring rail and hammer rail in some cases. This foam was originally green but
with time it just breaks up and could have created the condition you have seen.
The foam become like dust only where the damper wire touch it and under the
hammer shanks. Check it out again.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=000471913-18022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel
Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000471913-18022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>TysonPiano@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> 17 février, 2003 23:57<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Green Stuff<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
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FAMILY="SERIF">List,<BR><BR> I recently
discovered a green powder spread across the back of the keys on a Winter and
Co. spinet. Much of the powder had fallen between the keys and onto the
keybed. While carefully cleaning this powder, I began to taste copper,
just from a small amount of airborne dust. Paris Green sounds
right. Thanks to this thread I knew what to look for on the
Internet. It's a copper based poison with arsenic. I refused to
work further on that piano.<BR><BR>George</FONT>
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