strange particles

[Dave Doremus]

At 6:41 PM -0600 1/27/00, Bill Springer wrote:

>
>I have no idea what your mystery particles are, however I agree that they
>are not termites. FWIW, termites come in different types and they is
>definitely a type which like to live in pianos! We take many of these to the
>dump every year. Termite "droppings" look like sand, and you will find
>little piles of the stuff around infested areas.  BTW, by the time you see
>the piles the termites are well established and the piano will have to be
>professionally fumigated.
>



Hi Bill, I just encountered termites in an old upright and I wondered if
you had any opinion on, or experience with, the long term effects of
fumigation on the instrument.

Dave


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Dave Doremus RPT
Algiers Piano Works, Ltd

Restoration and Tuning of
Modern and Historical
Stringed Keyboard Instruments

New Orleans
algiers_piano@bellsouth.net
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