EXACTLY! Febreze, I have long suspected, just numbs the nose nerves ( say that fast!) and does NOTHING for the actual odor!!! And a piano I used it on made me quite ill later, every time I sat down to play Thump --- Isaac OLEG <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm temped to believe that it will not do nothing, > as Febreze is not and > odor inhibitor, it is an smell taste inhibitor > (slight difference). > > May be that will be better if it was sold as pills > that we can take once the > day, and have no smell the remaining time. > > We in France prefer to use a few drops of Chanel N?5 > for pianos that smell > sulfur (don't forget these are instruments of joy) > > But what I like the most is the one (very few > actually) that put a big bag > full of product to kill the moths in the piano. When > you open it to tune you > almost fall down. > > Regards. > > Isaac OLEG > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de MoodyPianoInc@aol.com > Envoye : samedi 30 novembre 2002 22:40 > A : pianotech@ptg.org > Objet : Febreeze on piano parts? > > > Hi, > > In speaking with a customer he happened to mention > that he decided to > spray Febreeze on the hammers and the dampers on his > grand piano (an old, > privately purchased musty & dusty grand). I would > expect that he just > sprayed through the gaps in the strings as I am sure > he wouldn't have known > how to take any of it apart. After recommending > that he not spray anything > on the inside of the piano he assured me that it was > "fine"...."Febreeze is > a light mist and evaporates..." > > I am curios as to what potential damage he has > caused to the action or > strings? And would you expect any resulting damage > to show up immediately > or over time? > > I guess I am constantly amazed at what people will > do to their > pianos...kind of like the guy who decided to polish > all the copper strings > with Brasso the day after delivery. > > Thanks in advance for your replies. > > ~Lanie > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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