[CAUT] Mold mitigation (Gregory J. Granoff)

[Fortenberry, Kevin]

I agree with Wim. There are companies that deal with mold all the
time--and take all the furniture to a very controlled warehouse type
place--deal with the mold using chemicals, etc--and store everything
wrapped in plastic shrink wrap until the premises is ready for everything
to be moved back in--but I am pretty sure they would just go to a piano
technician (us) when it comes to the piano. I have been asked to help with
a couple of situations like this, and I believe the piano was sent off to
a re-builder in bad cases like this, and all the felts, etc. were
replaced. So, with this customer being really sensitive, I would just
think a new piano, (or a re-build possibly)would almost be a no-brainer.
My humble opinion, for what it's worth.

Kevin Fortenberry, Texas Tech School of Music

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>Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:26:34 -0800
>From: "Gregory J. Granoff" <Gregory.Granoff at humboldt.edu>
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>Subject: [CAUT] Mold mitigation
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>Hello list,
>I'm looking for info regarding a customer who has been diagnosed with a
>serious allergy to poisonous mold spores that have apparently infected his
>house.  He asked me whether there was any way to treat permeable surfaces
>such as felt, unfinished wood, etc. in pianos for the spores which can
>lodge there that didn't involve replacing everything.  I have no
>experience
>with this issue at all.  Anybody know?
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>Thanks so much in advance for any advice and knowledge!
>
>Greg Granoff
>Humboldt State University
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>Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 22:07:19 -0500 (EST)
>From: tnrwim at aol.com
>To: Gregory.Granoff at humboldt.edu, caut at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Mold mitigation
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>If he is that allergic to mold, and there is some in the piano, perhaps
>it would be better for him to get another piano, instead of rebuilding
>the one he's got. 
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>Wim 
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>From: Gregory J. Granoff <Gregory.Granoff at humboldt.edu>
>To: CAUT <caut at ptg.org>
>Sent: Tue, Jan 8, 2013 3:59 pm
>Subject: [CAUT] Mold mitigation
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>Hello list,
>I'm looking for info regarding a customer who has been diagnosed with a
>serious allergy to poisonous mold spores that have apparently infected
>his house.  He asked me whether there was any way to treat permeable
>surfaces such as felt, unfinished wood, etc. in pianos for the spores
>which can lodge there that didn't involve replacing everything.  I have
>no experience with this issue at all.  Anybody know?
>
>Thanks so much in advance for any advice and knowledge!
>
>Greg Granoff
>Humboldt State University
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>Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:08:08 -0500
>From: David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net>
>To: Gregory.Granoff at humboldt.edu, caut at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Mold mitigation
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>Greg -
>How was the original mold assessment made?  How is the rest of his
>house being treated?  Did a reliable expert locate the primary
>source, and reason for its presence?
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>David Skolnik
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>At 12:26 PM 1/8/2013, you wrote:
>>Hello list,
>>I'm looking for info regarding a customer who has been diagnosed
>>with a serious allergy to poisonous mold spores that have apparently
>>infected his house.  He asked me whether there was any way to treat
>>permeable surfaces such as felt, unfinished wood, etc. in pianos for
>>the spores which can lodge there that didn't involve replacing
>>everything.  I have no experience with this issue at all.  Anybody know?
>>
>>Thanks so much in advance for any advice and knowledge!
>>
>>Greg Granoff
>>Humboldt State University
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