<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,  My only reason for thinking that moving the piano to a water and fire damage restoration specialist is because they deal with this sort of thing all the time.  If they are smart they will call you or I as piano techs to come and be prat of the solution.  Where I have found them to be so helpful is when I can tell them what I want to see happen and they can tell me my options.  For example I have asked them to help me find a cleaning option that will not compromise the hammers and they have given me some very cutting edge techniques that have really worked.<div>Just some more thinking</div><div>Jim<br><div><div>On Jan 10, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Gregory J. Granoff wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Andrew,<br></div>Care to elaborate on ozone tents?  Not something I know about.<br></div>Thanks,<br></div>Greg<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Andrew Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anrebe@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrebe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Seems an ozone tent would be damaging to biologicals, question is, how much damage to the piano?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div> Andrew</div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><div>On Jan 9, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Gregory J. Granoff wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>David,<br></div>I'm not sure what the story is on discovery there, but his wife is a long time professional allergist, and they have come quite a distance already in getting rid of all furniture and permeable surfaces in the house (carpeting, etc.), cleaning, painting, etc., with no turning back.  I'm not going to say anything about finding what you tend to look for, if you know what I mean; but he did develop some pretty unpleasant symptoms when he's in his house--difficulty regulating body temp, feelings of mild atrophy in extremities, and mental cloudiness, among others, according to him.<br> </div></div>The question really is now:  what do with the piano.  He's aware--assuming that all this other stuff is correct-- that the piano might need to be replaced entirely, so it isn't a question of that being do-able if necessary.  <br> </div>He just wants to know if that route is the only choice, and if it isn't, what are the realistic options for the existing piano?<br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Greg<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:08 AM, David Skolnik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidskolnik@optonline.net" target="_blank">davidskolnik@optonline.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> Greg -<br> 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? <br><br> David Skolnik<div><div><br><br> <br><br> At 12:26 PM 1/8/2013, you wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Hello list,<br> 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?<br><br> Thanks so much in advance for any advice and knowledge!<br><br> Greg Granoff<br> Humboldt State University<br><br></div></div> No virus found in this message.<br> Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com/" target="_blank">www.avg.com</a><br> Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6016 - Release Date: 01/07/13</blockquote></div> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>