Insect Infestations

[Paul Chick (EarthLink)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Perkins" <jimperkins@mac.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: Insect Infestations


> Hi
> One of my customers moved house and left her newish Yamaha C5 for a few
> weeks in the new home.
> On her return, she found some damage and called me.
>
> I found that mice had carefully removed all the hammer rest felts one
> by one and stored them in a corner behind the action as a nice warm
> nest for the winter.
>
>   I was interested that none of the other felts appeared to have been
> touched. The blocks were white- could this account for their obvious
> attraction?
>
>
> James Perkins
> 42 Marlee Road
> Parklands
> WA 6210
> Australia

I don't know about the color, but the mice in Minnesota do the same thing.
No other felts a touched....ah..accept for the little trails they leave on
them.

Paul C