So-called "hardware cloth", as I have seen it, is a heavy wire mesh with square holes of varying size. We used to use it to sift rocks from garden dirt. I'd guess the 1/4# square hole variety would be about right for this. Great idea! It could be bent into sort of a cage around the pedals, stapled down on the edges and with the rods from the pedals to the trapwork rising through the holes. ( And sprinkle some cayenne powder in there, for good measure!!! ) Gordon Stelter --- David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Tacked down? That seems like a good idea. Hardware > cloth is metal mesh? > > David I. > > > > ----- Original message > ----------------------------------------> > From: Susan Kline <sckline@attbi.com> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Received: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:16:58 -0700 > Subject: Re: hot pepper > > >At 08:00 AM 9/18/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >>Yes, or perhas some strong fabric which opens > to cover > >>the pedal hole when the pedal is up. > > >In an upright from the South, I found a > hardware-cloth > >cage around the pedal assembly, so that mice > could > >get under the pedals, but couldn't proceed > into the > >cavity around them. I have no idea how well > this > >worked. > > >Mice can slip through amazingly small > openings. > > >Susan > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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