George, Call Dave Swartz - he's in the directory. Yes it can be gotten rid of, likely it will cost more than $100 to get rid of it. I know Dave doesn't recommend Ozone generators (not because of danger, but because his experience has been that they do not do a satisfactory job of eliminating the odor.) >From what I understand (and am about to put to the test, after having had a lengthy discussion with Dave) is a variety of products from "Unsmoke." Goto http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/index.htm and click on the link to "fire restoration products." Some of the products Dave recommends are right there: 9D9 <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-9d9.htm> <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-allsurface.htm> C.O.C.<http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-coc-ccherry.htm> Degrease-All <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-degreaseall.htm> Double-0 <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-double-o.htm> <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-drycleaner.htm> Smoke Wash<http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-smokewash.htm> Space Spray <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-spacespray-cedar.htm> <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-thermo55-cherry.htm> Unsponge<http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-unsponge-632.htm> <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-unwetCPDL.htm> Woodcraft Restoration Cleaner <http://www.unsmoke.com/lgc/fire-woodrest.htm> Smoke Solve Creme Wood Restorer Not saying you have to use all of the products, but they are all ones Dave uses and recommends. The basic idea is that it is a lot of labor, cleaning the entire piano by hand, piece by piece as is necessary. The problem, I think with Ozone generators is that there is going to be residue on the piano, and the generator will not remove the residue, only neutralize the odor - maybe short term, maybe long. Cleaning with lots of elbow grease is the only way to actually remove the residue. Good luck, William R. Monroe On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:30 PM, George Tyson <tysonpiano at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi list. A customer has asked me if 20 years of tobacco odor can be > removed from her husband's recently inherited grand piano. The piano > already has a loose pin block so if this job costs more than $1,000 dollars > she's going to talk to her husband about getting rid of this piano which has > a special meaning to him. I thought of an Ozone generator inside the piano > and wrapping the piano in plastic but I'm not going to do a thing until I > hear from those who have expertise with this sort of problem. I'd > appreciate any ideas. Thanks > > George Tyson > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090408/78bb6b7f/attachment-0001.html>
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