hot pepper

[John Ross]

Hi Clyde,
I seem to recollect that hot pepper powder keeps bugs and or mice
away. It is a natural remedy. So perhaps that was the intent.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 2:18 PM
Subject: hot pepper


| Friends,
|
| OK, I'm just curious, but I hope someone can help me anyway.  I
tuned at
| a school today, two Baldwin grands and two Baldwin Hamiltons.
Inside
| the first studio piano I found what appears to be crushed dried hot
| pepper, such as would come from a supermarket in a spice bottle, in
| abundance on the keybed where you could see it between the keys, and
| also sprinkled around on the bottom board.
|
| I would have thought that was a prank done by the kids, but when I
went
| to tune the other studio piano, which is pretty well at the other
end of
| a fairly large school complex, I found exactly the same thing!
Whoever
| did it was careful not to put it on top of the keys, where it could
have
| worked its way into the cracks and caused function problems.
|
| I done 1000s of pianos, but this is a first for me!  I intend to
vacuum
| it out, but can anyone tell me if a piano tuner may have done this
and
| for what reason?
|
| Regards,
| Clyde Hollinger, RPT
| Lititz, PA, USA
|
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