[pianotech] mold

[Michael Magness]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Leslie Bartlett
<l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>  Will installation of a Dampp Chaser kill off mold in a piano- Baldwin
> Hamilton?    I looked at one piano, on way to tune another. This church has
> 20, and they are considering DC’s for all of them- but presently there is
> mold on the keysticks, and a bit on the music rack.   Does anyone know what
> kind of legal issues come into play here, a church where LOTS of people are
> in and out?
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> In a church setting- room AC on two times a week (Houston), would that
> cause the hammer felts to come unglued from the moldings?
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> Thanks
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> Les bartlett
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I have seen mold growing in the old DC systems, mostly in schools where they
weren't maintained properly & failed to use the additive.

I would agree with Greg, kill the mold first.

Mike

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Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
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www.IFixPianos.com
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