Joyce Why were the pianos removed? I realize that the extreme temperature will effect the tuning, but there is also a possibility that the bed bugs found their way into the piano action. I rebuilt a grand piano for a church because termites had eaten the pin block. Before we brought the piano back, it was fumigated. A couple of months later the church noticed termite saw dust around the piano, again. It was determined that the little buggers were in the building, not the piano. By the same token, even if the bed bugs were killed with the treatment, their eggs could still be in the piano. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Meekins <joycemeekins at gmail.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sat, Oct 16, 2010 8:38 am Subject: [pianotech] Bedbugs I really hate to be the one to bring up this topic but here it goes. One of my clients moved into an upscale retirement home along with her two grand pianos. She's been there several years without a problem, then this spring discovered bedbugs in the apartment. The two grands were moved out of the apartment while the exterminators came and treated the residence with special heaters and fans, raising the room temperature to 140 degrees for several hours. Nothing else was removed from the apartment and the nasty pests are no longer a problem........let's hope. My question is this. Have any of you had any experience with bedbugs in pianos or piano bench cushions? I know they are mainly interested in areas with easy access to human contact such as beds, sofas, and clothing. For years, I've avoided using the same dust cloth on more than one piano, out of concern of transporting insect eggs from one to another. Any bug stories out there? Any recommendations? Joyce Meekins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101016/dd407f2f/attachment.htm>
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