<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi, Holly,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Yes, I saw a similar thing on an old upright recently.  I thought it might have been lubricant applied by a tech, but it was only on the pressure bar, and not on the top of its screws.  It was on all (visible) sides of it, too.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>In my case, it was a milky-white coating.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Seems to be a chemical reaction of some kind (or someone was shaving tennis balls inside your piano? ;-).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.shusterpiano.com">www.shusterpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>