strange particles...

[Christopher D. Purdy]

>Hi all,
>
>I'm baffled as to the source of what i keep finding on top of and around
>my piano (vertical). For the last couple of days, I've noticed, in the
>morning, what appears to be "salt", or the consitency and feel of salt, in
>a sprinkled fashion laying on just the left top side lid of my console
>piano. The first day I noticed this, I didn't give it much thought and
>just wiped it away. But it reappeared this morning. I thought maybe
>something was flaking/falling off the cieling, or rubbing off the drapes,
>as I have had the top lid open several times in the last week. But all
>these possibilites proved negative. So now I am wondering: What is this?
>Termite eggs???? I have not detected insects of any kind. Anyone care to
>hazard a guess? Im stumped!
>
>Terry Peterson
>"RPT in Training"
>Los Angeles, CA


Definately  not termite eggs.  Termites can only live underground.  They
build mud tubes above the surface for the "workers" to go up for food.  The
queen hangs out underground to lay eggs and boss around the workers.  No
word yet on whether the workers have to charge tax on their labor.

If you were in this part of the country and had a humidifier running I
would suggest calcium deposits from the water vapor.  Maybe your cat has
dandruff and has recently taken to sitting on top of the piano...8)

chris

-Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.   School of Music  Ohio University  Athens OH

-purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu   (740) 593-1656    fax# (740) 593-1429