[pianotech] How To Deter Mice

[Tom Dickson]

Greetings,
 
I happened to hear a home improvement show on the radio, just last weekend. One thing stuck with me.
 
The topic was mice infestations and stopping them. A woman phoned in and swore up and down that she had  a great deal of success with bars of "Irish Spring" soap. According to her, the little critters hate it!
 
She was putting it in her vehicle, parked in a rural area, and it seemed to be doing the trick.
 
Perhaps some shavings of soap in a small container in the piano could act as a deterent. No personal knowledge if this is accurate. YMMV :-)
 
Tom,
Regina, SK
Full-Time Lurker; Intermittent Responder
 

 

> From: dlawson at davidlawsonspianos.com.au
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:56:49 +1100
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] How To Deter Mice
> 
> One thing that concerns me with the mouse problem is the use of naphthalene. 
> I see this quite often being placed inside pianos where there is a problem 
> with both mice and moths. This stuff is dangerous and is carcinogenic.
> Recent studies have shown that exposing babies to Naphthalene, by re-using 
> baby clothes contaminated by it, can cause brain damage. Quite frankly I 
> don't understand why it isn't banned here in Oz, and elsewhere.
> Steel wool poked into access points to the piano, i.e. pedals, gaps between 
> iron plates and pedal bottoms, and any opening that will allow the little 
> critters to get in, is a good deterrent.
> David Lawson. Wangaratta Australia
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 3:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] How To Deter Mice
> 
> 
> > On 11/29/2012 9:13 AM, Larry Fisher RPT wrote:
> >>
> >> Cheese
> >> turns hard with age and I’ve found peanut butter to be longer lasting
> >> and more effective. I use the crunchy type and actually push a part of
> >> the nut into the bait platform making it hard for the mouse to remove.
> >
> > Many years ago, I had a mouse clean all the peanut butter off the trigger 
> > without springing the trap. I was really impressed, but that wasn't going 
> > to get it in the long run. So I disassembled a cotton ball, packed it full 
> > of peanut butter, and wrapped it around the trigger.
> >
> > Snap.
> >
> >
> >>The rafter tails on the
> >> roof are a lasting record of how damaging they can be. I put up chicken
> >> wire and they chewed through that so I put up three layers of chicken
> >> wire and they finally stopped but I had to deal with at least two
> >> generations of squirrels to get them and their kids reprogrammed when I
> >> first moved here.
> >> Good luck. Lar
> >
> > Hail screen is the way to go here. Heavier wire gauge, much more chew 
> > resistant. They'll make more noise trying to get through, what with the 
> > breaking teeth and cursing, but they're far less likely to get past it. 
> > The zinc dip will probably poison them too.
> > Ron N
> >
> > 
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