Often soundboards were finished with shellac, an organic substance edible to roaches, crickets, and probably fungus, too. Especially in Florida. And it could be from household air contaminants ( cooking, smoking, bad breath ) or that something was spilled there, accelerating the culture and extending the stain into the actual wood. Thump --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > I have noticed a number of older piano soundboards > that have a portion of darker coloration (darker > brown) to them. The darker color appears as > streaks/blotches and does not follow grain, i.e. > this is clearly not a trasition to heartwood. I > trust this coloration was not present when the > instrument was new. It has the appearance of a > fungus-like development, but I really don't think > fungus is the culpret. Don't have a clue otherwise > though. Any thoughts? > > Terry Farrell > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com
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