Why not just cedar chips, as used for hamster bedding
and sold at pet stores ?
Thump
--- hubert liverman <hubertliverman@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> I rember that stuff! My Father ordered some.It did
> not work,and created some problems. That is one of
> the reasons I suggested cedar. Thump will check in
> soon on this I am sure. <G>.. Do you still hear the
> skirl of the Pipes and Drums today?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Hubert Liverman
> Opelika,AL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Ross
> To: Pianotech
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: That's mice
>
>
> Watch it with the moth stuff. Tuners Supply used
> to say that some moth stuff was corrosive to the
> metal stuff in a piano. They said theirs was a
> special formulation.
> Mind you it might have been sales hype.
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hubert liverman
> To: Pianotech
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: That's mice
>
>
> Yes, it may work with moths but not mice! Some
> piano owners are allergic/don't like the smell. If
> so, find a cabinet maker in your area and ask for
> some scrap cedar leftover interior closet sheathing.
> Sand if necessary to get the aroma. Next tuning
> appointment, smell for aroma and sand/replace until
> you do. Size,number and,placement of peices vary. It
> seems to get rid of the moths,and smells like
> Christmas year round. If you see Moth damage it may
> be to late except on lesser home owned pianos.
> Mice/Rats are another problem, they/their droppings
> may or not may be long since dead. Take care. A just
> weaned 'Possum will create total devistation.
> DAMHIK...(Interior pun intended) :-
>
>
>
> Hubert Liverman
> Tuner/tech
> Opelika,Al
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vinny Samarco
> To: Pianotech
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:26 PM
> 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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