<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Wim, It might be something like that.  I learned today that the piano isn't all that ancient, because it is an Acrosonic by Baldwin with a finger rail action. Regards, Clyde Wimblees@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>In a message dated 2/20/03 8:48:54 PM Central Standard Time, cedel@supernet.com writes:   <blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim, I was unclear.  I think the hitch pins were metal, embedded in wood. Clyde  </blockquote> I wonder if what she saw was felt under the hitchpins that resembles wood. Some of that felt got kind of dirty, and if it was brown to begin with, if could almost look like wood. Wim</blockquote> </html>