---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 04:40 PM 11/30/2002 -0500, you wrote: >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 I have sprayed a goodly amount onto a cloth and placed it a container and placed it on the plate and closed the lid. After a few days the musty odor was not there. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/58/e6/be/28/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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