Looks like a bit of carpet padding mixed in with the piano felt. In my neck of the woods I've seen mountain beavers do this kind of damage - but usually to vehicles left parked outside near woods for long periods of time. DAMHIK!! Good luck! Joseph Alkana RPT (Retired) _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Albert Picknell Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:15 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: [pianotech] What Kind of Creature? Hello List This blob of fluff (see attachment) was recently pulled from the space between the action rail and the plate (below the upper treble strings) of a late-60's Yamaha console. Portions of the muffler rail felt and the hammer rail cloth were chewed up, which accounts for the white and green portions, but the greyish portion appears to be from some source outside the piano (unless a long-ago tuner left some greyish-coloured felt item in there). The piano has absolutely no mouse droppings or urine stains, and has spent its entire existence on the Canadian prairies (mostly in Saskatchewan). Any ideas as to what kind of creature might have done this? Puzzled, Albert Picknell _____ The new Internet ExplorerR 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! <http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/> Get it Now for Free! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090908/0ba51a62/attachment.htm>
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