Hello all and black mold on piano catches question

[Tom Driscoll]

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Greetings all,

My name is Julia and I am a new (as of August '03) associate PTG member.
I attended the University of Western Ontario Piano Technology Program.
If anyone has any questions about such school, will be glad to offer
some info. for anyone persuing such venues.

As I consider myself a rookie, I know I will see strange things in the
future business of taking care of pianos. I believe I have come across
something today that seemed like black mold on the catches in a paino at
a tuning job. 

Do pianos ever get a case of mold? If so what can be done to get rid of
it?

Julie

            

            Julie,

            First Welcome to the list. 

            Did you mean catchers?  Let us know the make, model ,
vintage etc and we can be of more help.

            That being said ,I'll guess it's a mid 70's Baldwin vertical
with synthetic "leather" on the catchers and butts. That vintage Baldwin
will have a black dusty residue on the action near the catchers and
could be mistaken for  mold .

            This is not Corfam, a material you will familiarize yourself
with soon enough, but a material Baldwin tried as a substitute for
leather before the late 70's corfam debacle. 

            My guess could be wrong  of course, but if you are more
thorough with your queries we can collectively help each other out.

            Tom Driscoll RPT


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