[pianotech] 2 Things

[wimblees at aol.com]

Most people don't understand that the property on which the house they are living in was home to the mice long before they got there. Just because a building is put up in?a field, doesn't mean the mice have left. That's why rich people in beautiful homes out in the country are flabbergasted? when I tell them there are mice inside their piano. 

There is nothing that can prevent mice. Traps will kill the ones that are there, and a cat in the house will deter them from scurrying around at night, but only if the cat is interested in doing some hunting at night.? 


Wim

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From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, Jul 25, 2009 5:42 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] 2 Things



Brian Doepke wrote:?
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> Second, is there anything that can be sprinkled or left inside a piano > that will deter mice from returning??
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Yes, either cats, or some lethal substance that will as likely kill all the other household residents as readily as the returning mice.?
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Or, someone could be permanently stationed at the piano with a hammer or ice pick, to interact with the rodentia up close and personal, as they manifest.?
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It's tough to win against mice, short of a scorched earth policy, since they're inherently smarter than us.?
Ron N?

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