[CAUT] Rodentia

[Shawn Brock]

Ya know,
this hole subject reminds me of my first month at Emil Fries.  The director came to me one day and asked "Shawn sense you have previous tuning and repair experience, I'm wondering if you have cleaned a piano?"  I told him that I had not and we preceded to find a donated or trade in piano for me to clean.  We had just got this Marshall and Windal vertical in from some where and it needed a lot of work.  Don told me to try to salvage the ivories, disassemble the piano, remove the keys and call him.  I did just that.  The problems started when I removed the front panel, I thought man this thing stinks!  I put on my rubber gloves and touched the keys and boy was it full!  Dog food, bird seed, cotton and more!  I went to Don, and told him this piano was not worth cleaning.  He insisted that I get the job started and he would check on me in a while.  The picture you see is after probably about 90 percent of the unsavory stuff was removed.  I found no fewer than 6 mice in this piano.  All departed thank god!  Needless to say we junked the piano.  I have had a strong dislike for the brand sense that day.
Shawn
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Keith Roberts 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:52 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Rodentia


  Really, you should have trapped the rodent and given it a nice nome in a Whitney spinet. How cruel. Somebody turn him in. 
  Keith Roberts


   
  On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> wrote:

    You have all sorts of lovely pianos and all you let him eat is a KIMBALL?? Sounds like a case for the SPCA ... 


    At 05:01 PM 5/27/2008, you wrote:



      Thorough little bugger. Got everything paper or cardboard he could reach - and half of the bridle straps and a half dozen spring loops. He likes peanut butter, so the addition of some cotton to the mix, wrapped around the trigger, should get him. I'll know Friday.

      Ron N






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