<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Climbing Mt. Everett: A puzzler</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In your earlier post on this Brentwood I thought you said there was felt under the balance rail. Other wise I would have suspected rodent damage.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 16, 2008 3:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Climbing Mt. Everett: A puzzler</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Certainly would have produced this result, but they'd have had to be awfully hungry, very particular, and very thorough. There was no paper on either rail. And I would defend this lady's virtue by stating that her housekeeping is impeccable. Bugs would not feel at home in her carpet or piano. <G><BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR><BR></FONT> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"><FONT face=Arial size=2> <HR> </FONT>Original message<BR>From: KeyKat88@aol.com<BR>To: pianotuner@embarqmail.com<BR>Received: 2/16/2008 12:34:32 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Climbing Mt. Everett: A puzzler<BR><BR> <DIV> <DIV align=left>Greeetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>             Descript sounds like the Brentwood disaster I encountered yesterday. I'd say that some carpet beetles or other hungry bugs ate the felt punchings under those keys. Sounds as if the keys are too low. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>