Rodent infestation

[Paul]

Dave
A customer told me about her father keeping a sachet of lavender in his desk
to discourage mice. I tried it on some junk pianos and seemed to work well.
So now as a matter of practice, I place lavender in any piano that comes
into the shop.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Hall <keyboard@cysource.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Rodent infestation


> At 09:17 PM 06/07/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >I've heard that rodents do not like ordinary moth balls.  Is there a
possible
> >ill effect of placing a couple inside pianos in storage to keep the
little
> >critters out?  Are there other options of preventing the problem before
> >habitation occurs?
> >
> >Tom Robinson
> >East Tennessee
> >
> >
>
> Tom,
>
> This is strictly under the heading of "old wives tales".  I once had a
customer
> with mouse problems in a country church.  They put, and this is a quote,
cotton
> balls soaked with oil of anise in Mason jar lids inside the bottom of the
piano
> and had no further problems with mice in the piano.  I stress that this is
> unconfirmed hearsay but, who knows, it may be at least as good as anything
> else I've heard of to discourage the little monsters.
>
> Dave
>