Why not just cedar chips, as used for hamster bedding and sold at pet stores ? Thump --- hubert liverman <hubertliverman@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I rember that stuff! My Father ordered some.It did > not work,and created some problems. That is one of > the reasons I suggested cedar. Thump will check in > soon on this I am sure. <G>.. Do you still hear the > skirl of the Pipes and Drums today? > > Cheers! > > Hubert Liverman > Opelika,AL > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Ross > To: Pianotech > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: That's mice > > > Watch it with the moth stuff. Tuners Supply used > to say that some moth stuff was corrosive to the > metal stuff in a piano. They said theirs was a > special formulation. > Mind you it might have been sales hype. > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: hubert liverman > To: Pianotech > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:44 PM > Subject: Re: That's mice > > > Yes, it may work with moths but not mice! Some > piano owners are allergic/don't like the smell. If > so, find a cabinet maker in your area and ask for > some scrap cedar leftover interior closet sheathing. > Sand if necessary to get the aroma. Next tuning > appointment, smell for aroma and sand/replace until > you do. Size,number and,placement of peices vary. It > seems to get rid of the moths,and smells like > Christmas year round. If you see Moth damage it may > be to late except on lesser home owned pianos. > Mice/Rats are another problem, they/their droppings > may or not may be long since dead. Take care. A just > weaned 'Possum will create total devistation. > DAMHIK...(Interior pun intended) :- > > > > Hubert Liverman > Tuner/tech > Opelika,Al > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vinny Samarco > To: Pianotech > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: That's mice > > > Hi EVeryone, > Have any of you tried moth balls inside a > piano? Someone said they worked well. > Vinny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alpha88x@aol.com > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:02 AM > Subject: Re: That's mice > > > Greetings, > > That customer?.....Inform her of the > danger of HER contracting Haunta...that should get > her stepping on her hygiene situation(at least as > far as mice, I would hope)! > > Julia, > Reading,PA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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