<html> At 04:40 PM 11/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Hi, <br> In speaking with a customer he happened to mention that he decided to spray Febreeze on the hammers and the dampers on his grand piano (an old, privately purchased musty & dusty grand).  I would expect that he just sprayed through the gaps in the strings as I am sure he wouldn't have known how to take any of it apart.  After recommending that he not spray anything on the inside of the piano he assured me that it was "fine"...."Febreeze is a light mist and evaporates..." <br> <br> I am curios as to what potential damage he has caused to the action or strings?  And would you expect any resulting damage to show up immediately or over time? <br> <br> I guess I am constantly amazed at what people will do to their pianos...kind of like the guy who decided to polish all the copper strings with Brasso the day after delivery. <br> <br> Thanks in advance for your replies. <br> <br> ~Lanie</font><font face="arial"> </blockquote><br> I have sprayed a goodly amount onto a cloth and placed it a container<br> and placed it on the plate and closed the lid.<br> <br> After a few days the musty odor was not there.<br> </font><br> <div>Regards,</div> <br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>