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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>I have had a lot of =
experience with
molds, and they can be deadly, especially if you are allergic to =
them.
Symptoms can include sinus problems, fuzz balls developing in your lungs =
and
sinus cavities. They have to cut out lobes of your lungs, and =
scrape your
sinus cavities etc. There are no gentle treatments for =
molds.
Prendisone is the preferred treatment,along with surgery. Sometime =
it is
necessary to do a surgery just to find the mold. I am no doctor, =
but if it
is a black mold it could be aspergilis or worse. =
Treatment sometimes
involves removing lobes of your lung. Asthma and bronchial problems are =
very
commonly due to molds. You can do a search for molds and =
find out
more. I am not a doctor, but I have done extensive reading on =
them, as I
have an attack of allergic aspergilis mold. The problem is =
diagnosing
. Most Drs are not familiar with the symptoms and can miss them. =
Treatment
with prendisone is the next thing to a death sentence. The State =
has
testing labs for mold contamination. I would not touch the piano, =
and it
would cost to much to have it tested and your are probably at great risk =
not to
test it. Bill Peterson former South Bay Chapter.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Helmsmusic@AOL.COM"
title=Helmsmusic@AOL.COM>Helmsmusic@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 14, =
2001 7:38
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Mold in Pianos</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hello - =
<BR><BR>I am
working with a 1915 Cable-Nelson upright piano which my client =
recently bought
from someone who had stored it in their basement. The piano has what =
appears
to be two different types of mold growing inside the cabinet. One type =
is
black and very flat, and seems to be mostly attacking the wood parts - =
keys,
cabinet, damper heads, etc. The other type is white and grows in small =
fuzzy
clumps, and is mostly on the damper felts. The piano owner is allergic =
to
mold, so we need to get rid of this problem one way or another (I =
would
advocate getting rid of the piano, but she wants to keep it). Do you =
have
suggestions for cleaning mold out of a piano so it won't re-appear? =
Are there
different treatments for different types of mold? Would spraying Lysol =
inside
the piano do any good, or even be advisable? Even though I'm not =
allergic,
could working on pianos like this one pose a threat to my health? This =
is not
the first piano I've seen with mold problems, and I always recommen! d =
!
installation of a Dampp-Chaser system, but getting rid of what's =
already in
there is the big concern for me. Thanks! <BR><BR>-Scott Helms, RPT =
<BR>West
Michigan Chapter</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>