Silica Gel Packs

[paul bruesch]

The new ones all say "Do Not Eat", so they might be beneficial as a
rodentcide.<g>

On 11/12/07, Phil Ryan <pryan2 at the-beach.net> wrote:
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> Opened a ten year old Belarus upright piano and found three cloth bags
> of silica gel hanging from the lid hinges resting on the felt silencer
> bar against the tuning pins.  Later found three more "pillows" in the
> bottom of the piano.  They had been there since the piano was new.  When
> I mentioned to the owner of the uselessness of these old bags, she
> stressed that the last two tuners of the piano told her they were still
> beneficial and had been keeping it in tune all these years.  I dutifully
> replaced them in their original places after the tuning and left.  Am I
> nuts? (Be nice)  We used to throw these away at the dealer at prep
> time.  Have times changed?  Are ten year old silica gel sacks still
> viable?  Can they harm a piano, other than falling into the action?
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> Phil Ryan
> Miami Beach
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