Woodworm

[gordon stelter]

Never heard of that, but picked up a termite eaten
piano once, which was just veneer and varnish. At
least it was easy to move!
     She probably needs a different piano. But many
critters are not fond of cayenne pepper, so if you
want to annoy them without poisoning this lady, I
recommend a solution of cayenne and alcohol
wiped/sprayed into the wood.
      Thump


--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> What is a woodworm? I don't remember that one from
> my Forest Entomology class way back when. Are we
> talking termites? Or some other wood-boring insect?
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Peter Burns 
>   To: pianotech 
>   Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 8:26 AM
>   Subject: Woodworm
> 
> 
>   Greetings to all.  I've not mailed the list for a
> while, just sat quietly reading everyone else's
> troubles!  Well, now I've got some of my own!  I'm
> booked to visit a lady tomorrow who's piano has a
> persistant woodworm problem.  I say persistant
> without knowing if she's had it treated in the past,
> but she remembers the piano having woodworm up to 40
> years back so I'm expecting it to be pretty much
> riddled with critters by now.  My question is:  Is
> there a piano-specific product available to treat
> the worm with, or a mix that one can make, or will
> the "off the shelf" stuff suffice?  I did treat one
> instrument about 18 years back, but can't recall the
> product we used.  Any advice would be very much
> appreciated.  Thankyou in anticipation,
>   Peter      
> 
> 
>   Peter J Burns
>   Pianoforte Tuner & Technician
>   peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net


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