Someone's idea of mouseproofing? Alan Barnard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: hot pepper > Friends, > > OK, I'm just curious, but I hope someone can help me anyway. I tuned at > a school today, two Baldwin grands and two Baldwin Hamiltons. Inside > the first studio piano I found what appears to be crushed dried hot > pepper, such as would come from a supermarket in a spice bottle, in > abundance on the keybed where you could see it between the keys, and > also sprinkled around on the bottom board. > > I would have thought that was a prank done by the kids, but when I went > to tune the other studio piano, which is pretty well at the other end of > a fairly large school complex, I found exactly the same thing! Whoever > did it was careful not to put it on top of the keys, where it could have > worked its way into the cracks and caused function problems. > > I done 1000s of pianos, but this is a first for me! I intend to vacuum > it out, but can anyone tell me if a piano tuner may have done this and > for what reason? > > Regards, > Clyde Hollinger, RPT > Lititz, PA, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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