---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 02/05/2001 4:33:13 PM Central Standard Time, pryan2@the-beach.net writes: > Terry, > > I had a piano (Baldwin 6 ft Grand) in Miami that is/was infested with > termites. It is in the balcony of a church with a spiral staircase so the > piano had to be placed in the balcony with a front loader fork lift when it > was put there during renovation last year. All the pews were removed at that > time. Now it cannot be taken down for fumigation without removing pews and > cracking floor tiles with a fork lift. The termite company will fumigate > any piano in their chamber for about $75 if you transport it there. For > about ten times that amount they will come to the church and tent the piano > (only), but since they use Vicane gas, by law, the church must be vacated > for 48 hours. This is a Catholic church, open 365 days and so this is not > an option. Instead of tenting the piano, the termite company opted for > needle injecting a poison in the piano where they see termite "tracks." We > are waiting to see if this will be successful. > > The way we were told to check for active termites was to collect the > droppings. If they were brown and dry, they were old and a sign of dead and > "former" termites, If they were white and moist, termite were still active. > > I know of a tech who had a piano with suspected termites in his shop. He > took it apart and sprayed everywhere with bug killer. Ruined the piano (oil > based) and did not rid the termites. Eggs hatched and it started all over. > > Sorry for rambling on, Hope this helps a little. > > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach > > Terry, you know there is a possibility that these critters are not even termites, there are several species of beetles such as powder post beetles which can do the same damage, a good pest control man can tell you what you have. David Koelzer DFW ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ee/88/06/c2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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