[pianotech] Rodent Piano - Refuse to Service?

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Mar 25 22:46:42 MDT 2010


Oh gosh Norm, now you make me feel like a weenie. I found zero dead  
bodies in my subject piano - just the evidence they were there....  
YUK!  Please don't tell me you did not run from the piano you describe!

Terry Farrell

On Mar 26, 2010, at 12:24 AM, Norm Barrett wrote:

> This subject has come up before and I have been in a situation I  
> probably should have refused. The odor was terrible as I entered the  
> door and when I opened the top cover, I said "You know that you have  
> had mice in here?"  The answer was yes and we put out poison. Well  
> it had worked  I retrieved around 17 dead mice from that piano and I  
> wish that I had known then about what I now have in an Ultra Violet  
> Light Wand. UV-C light kills bacteria, viruses, fungi and mold.  It  
> even deodorizes the area.
> There is no doubt  in my mind that this would at least make the  
> piano much safer to work on. If anyone has any experience with this  
> their thoughts would be welcome.
>
> Norm Barrett
>
> On 3/25/2010 5:27 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
>> Have any of your folks ever refused to work on a piano in someone's  
>> home that had lots of rodent droppings and urine in it - all over  
>> the keys, keybed, etc.
>>
>>



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