<!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 content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Sy,</DIV> <DIV>I got a product from Schaff called X-O Plus + Cleaner.  It's an enzymatic = cleaner. It claims to be "effective on all purulent odors" and has a = money back guarantee.  I've used it on actions that had been in house fires = with great success.  Maybe this would do the trick.</DIV> <DIV>Laura Olsen, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Barrington, IL</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr>-----Original Message----- From: = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of = Wilsons Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:13 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Kimball Stinks!!! </DIV>In the days of the plague, they used to = burn the clothes of those who succombed.... Wally Wilson, = RPT At 09:40 PM 4/9/01 -0600, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">We have taken in a 1976 Kimball console = which has a bad odor. We think the former owners were smokers big time. = There's no evidence of mice. When scrubbing down the cabinet a white rag would = turn brown with just a few swipes. We have washed the cabinet, soundboard = and  back posts as good as possible. I have used steel wool on = the keys sticks and keybed.   The smell was still there so we hauled the piano to Americlean and had = them put it in their ozone chamber. At first the smell was more pleasant but = now it stinks again. We bought some deodorant gadgets to hang inside which = didn't smell all that great either. One day we put it out in sunshine with = action exposed to the sun.   In fact, I can smell the dang thing as I type this message. =   Help!! Help!! Anyone have = any other suggestions? Actually this Kimball stinks in more ways than one if = you know what I mean.   Sy Zabrocki--RPT Billings, MT </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>