Mouse prevention

[Kerry Cooper]

This does not stop mice from entering through the pedals. I have had to fix
many pianos with this plate.

Kerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:54 AM
Subject: Mouse prevention


> Nope. But I do have 2 uprights with little metal tabs
> cast into the pedals, which hang down over the pedal
> holes when the pedals are in the rest, or "Up"
> position, thereby preventing mice  from entering the
> piano via this route. If this simple device ( which
> probably added 1/10 cent to the production cost of the
> pianos ) had been incorporated into all uprights,
> millions of them could have avoided being destroyed by
> rodents.
>     The cheapest, smartest, most underused innovation
> in all of piano history, IMHO.
>      Thump
>
> P.S. "Kill Free" traps and a lot of patience and
> driving time to haul the mice 2 miles from where
> caught. Or "Reese's Peanut Butter Cups" smeared on the
> trip plate of conventional traps. Or a hermeticaly
> sealed, stainless steel house.
>
> --- Peter Lamos <selahpiano@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >I recommend a solution of cayenne and alcohol
> > >wiped/sprayed into the wood.
> > >      Thump
> >
> > Thump,
> > Do you have a recipe for rodents that is tried and
> > proven?
> >
> > Peter Lamos
> > Brunswick, GA
> >
> > selahpiano@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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