Tom, It's way too late to be up worrying about pianos. Especially on Friday night. I do agree, however, I've never seen truly successful smoke removal - except of course for the expedient of using the subject instrument as a boat anchor, or piece of breakwater... Sorry. Best. Horace At 11:18 PM 6/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >Danny Moore wrote: >> >> Apart from trailering through the local coin op car wash, what can be >> done to remove the smoke odor? > >John W. McKone wrote: >> >> Look for an "ozone room" in your area. Companies that do fire damage furniture insurance claims are likely candidates to have one. In my area, you can stick a piano in one of these places overnight for about $30. >> .- >John, >I took a class at the Philadelphia convention about flood- and >fire-damaged pianos and the instructor strongly cautioned against >putting pianos in ozone rooms (for the purpose of smoke odor removal). I >remember him saying that smoke odor can be reduced but *not* eliminated, >despite reports to the contrary. He did not talk about cigaret smoke >specifically or about what affect ozone has on glue joints, felt, etc. >but this is sounding a little like drying your wet dog in the microwave. > >Just looked in my convention notes and the instructor's name is Tom >Patten, Great Susquehanna Piano Co., Milton, PA if you wanted to query >him. > >Cheers, >Tom >-- >Thomas A. Cole RPT >Santa Cruz, CA > > > Horace Greeley Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 415.725.9062 LiNCS help line: 415.725.4627
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