Interesting. What does the cornstarch do? It's an upright. On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:00 PM, <Qshooterq at aol.com> wrote: > In no email does anyone mention if this is an upright or grand. I ran > across an upright piano with a strong musty odor. I took the keys out, > vacuumed, and liberally sprinkled a mixture of cornstarch and baking soda. > Then I put the keys back in and sprinkled more on the keys. > > Then I left it for a year, and vacuumed it out. The smell was gone. > > Warning, if you try this. . . . don't sprinkle near the balance rail hole. > It works its way down and piles up on top of the balance rail punching. > > --- Tom Gorley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101019/36a9e963/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC