Hantavirus- Demousification

[Cy Shuster]

I've heard many times on this list that chlorine is highly reactive, and its
fumes will cause pervasive damage with many piano parts (primarily metal, I
guess?).

In our PTG chapter meeting yesterday, I learned that hydrogen peroxide is
used on farms for cleaning, and so farm supply stores sell it in
concentrated 30% form, suitable for bleaching ivories (nasty stuff; use
gloves & eye protection).  As an oxidizer (bleach) and disinfectant, it
might work as well.  Might it be friendlier than chlorine to use in a piano?

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: Hantavirus- Demousification


> Hi Thump,
>
> Have you experience with such massive rust deposits? Or is this just a
> "best guess"? Inquiring minds want to know.
>
>
> At 06:09 PM 4/17/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >Use of chlorine bleach, in any amount, inside a piano,
> >will result in massive rust deposits and the piano
> >will need to be trashed. Even if you restrung it,
> >lingering chlorine fumes would rust the new strings.
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.