[pianotech] Opinion on Termite Damaged Piano Requested

[tnrwim at aol.com]

> Did you ask the customer of the piano was tested before they left Hawaii? 


Tested? How does one test for termites?

Terry Farrell


Auto spell check does it again. That should have been "treated".

Wim


 



-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 4:01 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Opinion on Termite Damaged Piano Requested


> Did you ask the customer of the piano was tested before they left Hawaii? 


Tested? How does one test for termites?

Terry Farrell

On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:34 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

> This piano had termite damage. I see this kind of damage a lot. Did you ask 
the customer of the piano was tested before they left Hawaii?  If not it would 
be a good idea to have that done before returning the piano to them. They need 
to pay for that. Here the mover charges for both moves and the treatment but I 
get a little discount for the second move. 
> 
> Carpenter Ants, on the other hand, are a different matter. They don't eat the 
wood, but leave a black tar substance that is very hard to remove. I have to use 
a chisel and rag to remove it from keys and key beds or any other surface 
> 
> Wim

 
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