<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"><B>Subject:</B> A real West Virginia = piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>At first, I thought this black, powdery stuff was = mold -- but there was no rust on the strings, and it was only on the tops of = the hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>As I dared to touch it, a train went rumbling by = (100 yards or more away), and the light bulb came on: very fine coal dust!  = Finally, an environment that is *beneficial* to a piano!  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Baldwin = vertical--It's the catchers-Butt coverings deteriorating-not coal dust.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    You mentioned tops = of the hammers ? Did you mean tops of the butts and catchers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HT= ML>