One of the representatives of a major piano company (?) mentioned these bags at a technical presentation. He said they should be removed at the dealer. Their purpose is for the boat ride over to the States. I take them out, then "renew" them. Then they go in the trunk of the car. Do they do any good there? I'm not sure, but it makes me FEEL better. <g> I haven't seen any rust on my tools, so maybe it does a little something. JF On 11/12/07, Phil Ryan <pryan2 at the-beach.net> wrote: > 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? > > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach
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