I wonder if that soft flexible fiberglass screening in the back and perhaps underneath the piano would hinder or dampen the piano sound if that might be a problem with the owner? Anyone got an opinion? Phil Ryan Elwood Doss wrote: > Sneak a couple of boxes of D-Con in the pedal trap. What she doesn’t > know, won’t hurt her! Either that or suggest she get some cats to live > in the house so the mice can enter the food chain, rather than being > on the top of it! Ooooorrrrrr, tell her not to call you back. Unless > you really clean up the piano—especially the mouse nesting material > and feces, you are going to be continually in danger. I can imagine > what’s under the keys. Do they seem springy or mushy? On the other > hand if the mice keep eating the bridle tapes then they will also be > destroying the key felts, hammers, dampers, even the wood on the keys. > Keep you in a job until you die of some disease spread by mice. > > By the way, I’ve never tried the screen idea, but if you could > identify all the holes the mice can get through—and they can be pretty > small—you might be able to keep them out. > > One last thing, I’m a member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals)–but > not mice! > > Joy! > > Elwood > > Elwood Doss, Jr. M.M.E.; RPT > > Piano Technician/Technical Director > > Department of Music > > 145 Fine Arts Building > > The University of Tennessee at Martin > > Martin, TN 38238 > > 731/881-1852 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Piannaman@aol.com [mailto:Piannaman@aol.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:55 AM > *To:* pianotech@ptg.org > *Subject:* That's mice > > Hi y'all, > > I had a job a couple of weeks ago replacing bridle tapes in a 15 year > old Kawai upright. The old ones had been used as nest material by a > family of mice. About half of them were completely gone, and others > partially gnawed. I went back yesterday to tune the piano. > > The people had said that they'd found the mice and removed them, but > guess who'd come back, munching once again on the tapes... > > Nice, nice lady... but hygiene is not her forte, I fear. Her bird's > food is also the nourishment for aforementioned rodents. She loves > animals and doesn't want to poison the mice. I suggested a "humane" > exterminator. > > Has anyone ever used any kind of screening inside an upright to to > keep mice out? I suspect that no matter what the people do--unless > they do a drastic cleanup, which seems kind of unlikely--the mice will > continue to come back. Next time, I'll wear a mask! After hearing > about Hantavirus on this list, I'm a little worried about this sort of > thing. > > Dave Stahl >
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