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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Terry, not sure what they're =
known as on
your side of the pond. They're off- white in colour, about =
1/1.5mm in
length and they bore into any part of the piano which contains =
softer
wood, i.e key-bed and keys; fallboard/ top door, but usually =
not pin
block or other harder wood parts of the piano. They bore =
a
system of long tunnel holes in the wood, and can live quite happily =
in
there for many years. I suppose they originate in the floorboards =
and oak
beams of old English houses and eat their way up into the =
piano.
Beyond that, I'm not clued up on the generic name for them- never did =
entomology
at school!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter =
</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 =
2:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Woodworm</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>What is a woodworm? I don't remember that one =
from my
Forest Entomology class way back when. Are we talking termites? Or =
some other
wood-boring insect?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net
href="mailto:peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net">Peter Burns</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, =
2004 8:26
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Woodworm</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings to all. I've not =
mailed the
list for a while, just sat quietly reading everyone else's =
troubles!
Well, now I've got some of my own! I'm booked to visit a lady =
tomorrow
who's piano has a persistant woodworm problem. I say =
persistant
without knowing if she's had it treated in the past, but she =
remembers the
piano having woodworm up to 40 years back so I'm expecting it =
to be
pretty much riddled with critters by now. My question =
is: Is
there a piano-specific product available to treat the worm with, or =
a mix
that one can make, or will the "off the shelf" stuff
suffice? I did treat one instrument about 18 years back, but =
can't
recall the product we used. Any advice would be very much
appreciated. Thankyou in anticipation,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Peter </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter J Burns<BR>Pianoforte Tuner =
&
Technician<BR><A
=
href="mailto:peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net">peter-burns.pianotuner@t=
esco.net</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>