I had a piano some years back where the customer said none of the keys worked - you couldn't push them down. I went there and removed some of the keys and found the entire keybed - all the space under the keys - was completely filled with acorns. Not really 100% sure how they got there. Terry Farrell On Feb 4, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Marc Mailhot wrote: > Hi everyone. > > Just got back from a supposed 30 min piano evaluation that turned > into a 2 hour service all. > > Seems a rodent got into her Wurlitzer Spinet...built a nice nest and > helped himself to piles of dogfood...still on the action...IN the > action...and on the bottom of the piano. Being a Spinet did not > want to pull the acton and managed to get most of it out. Still > more left which will require another service call and likely pulling > all the keys out as I found little morsels of food underneath the 3 > keys I pulled to get the food out.Tuning after the next service > call. Pulled one original key screw out and found it was bent in the > middle...installed that way at the Factory in 1963 per my dating of > the SN. More quality workmanship from Wullitzer! My customer got > her camera out and I took a good number of photos which she'll send > me and then I'll share with all of you. I love this job and thought > I'd share my morning with you all. Last known tuning was in June > 1994. > > She lives in the country and I suspect this happens all the > time...but my first encounter with rodents who like pianos! > > All for now. > > Regards as always. > > Marc P. Mailhot > Marco Polo Music > Westbrook, Maine USA > > The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make... > > The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969 > > --- On Thu, 2/4/10, pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org > > wrote: > > From: pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> > Subject: pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 46 > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 2:00 PM > > Send pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 44 (Anna-Luise > Messerschmidt) > 2. Re: Axis of evil sounds (was hardening hammers on a Chinese > PSO) (Kerry) > 3. Re: Pleyel Grand Regulation (David Ilvedson) > 4. Pleyel Grand Regulation (CALANDE Luc) > _______________________________________________ > pianotech mailing list > pianotech at ptg.org > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100204/822c0b64/attachment-0001.htm>
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