That's mice

[gordon stelter]

I think that moth balls also invite rusty strings.
     Thump


--- Michael Gamble <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hello List 
> I seem to have missed out on a very interesting
> subject about MOTH. It culd be the result of my post
> relating to the ravages of MOTH in that Bechstein
> grand I had to prepare for a Piano Concerto last
> week. All the under-key felts were RAVAGED. They had
> to be replaced - in very short order. BUT.... How to
> keep the moth away is the next question. PDB has
> been outlawed in the UK, and I believe moth balls
> and rings to leave a deposit on strings etc. Someone
> suggested Cedar Wood - sanded roughly every so often
> to keep the perfume live. This sounds like an
> excellent proposition - and very planet friendly (so
> long as it comes from a sustainable source) Anyone
> like to comment? Like.... How much cedar wood. Where
> to put it. It was Cedar - wasn't it?
> Regards from Mothy Old UK
> Michael G.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Paul Chick (Earthlink) 
>   To: 'Pianotech' 
>   Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:16 PM
>   Subject: RE: That's mice
> 
> 
>   Dried lavender flowers work much better.
> 
>    
> 
>   Paul C
> 
>    
> 
> 
>
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> 
>   Subject: Re: That's mice
> 
>    
> 
>   Hi EVeryone,
> 
>   Have any of you tried moth balls inside a piano? 
> Someone said they worked well.
> 
>   Vinny
> 
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>     From: Alpha88x@aol.com 
> 
>     To: pianotech@ptg.org 
> 
>     Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:02 AM
> 
>     Subject: Re: That's mice
> 
>      
> 
>     Greetings, 
> 
>             That customer?.....Inform her of the
> danger of HER contracting Haunta...that should get
> her stepping on her hygiene situation(at least as
> far as mice, I would hope)! 
> 
>     Julia,
>     Reading,PA 
> 
>      
> 


		
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