<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16448"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi, Sorry but I do not buy the mouse story.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Any mouse in our country would have been smart enough to use the pads as a ladder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It must have died and fell into the tank.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tunerryan@gmail.com href="mailto:tunerryan@gmail.com">Ryan Sowers</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 09, 2012 3:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Dampp-Chaser systems - was Tacoma...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>If you go through the trouble of installing the "mouse ladder" why not a little diving board and some Jacuzzi jets as well? <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ryan Sowers<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:50 AM, John Formsma <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com" target=_blank>formsma@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>That's really disgusting! <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>My worst mouse extraction so far was one that had died on the bass bridge of a Baldwin vertical (model 6000 I think). Thankfully I could use tweezers, so it wasn't all that bad really. Stank a lot, though!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>A mouse ladder? Sheesh! </DIV><SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>-- <BR> <DIV>John Formsma, RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV>Blue Mountain, MS</DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV class=im> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Joseph Giandalone <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:rufy@rcn.com" target=_blank>rufy@rcn.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <DIV><BR></DIV>That's a cute story. Here's my best D-C story: <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Horrible stench emanating from studio upright. Investigation reveals mouse who found its way into the reservoir bucket but could not find his way out. If you've never encountered this situation, believe me, you don't want to.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>These people were self-described "conservationists" which (in their definition) meant they refused to use mouse traps in their home. They asked me (and of course I complied) to devise a "mouse ladder" to put inside the bucket. (This was in the day of the taller reservoir buckets.) Also tried to mouse-proof the piano (using physical impediments) and THAT is no piece of cake. Mice can squeeze their little bodies (I don't think any of their internal organs are anchored) into an opening the size of a dime (that's a full-grown one)! I had to build a "cage" around the pedals, inside. Further tragedy was averted.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Joseph</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all> <DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>Ryan Sowers, RPT<BR>Puget Sound Chapter<BR>Olympia, WA<BR><A href="http://www.pianova.net">www.pianova.net</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>