That's mice

gordon stelter lclgcnp@yahoo.com
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:29:44 -0800 (PST)


Why not just cedar chips, as used for hamster bedding
and sold at pet stores ?
     Thump


--- hubert liverman <hubertliverman@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> I rember that stuff! My Father ordered some.It did
> not work,and created some problems. That is one of
> the reasons I suggested cedar. Thump will check in
> soon on this I am sure. <G>.. Do you still hear the
> skirl of the Pipes and Drums today?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Hubert Liverman
> Opelika,AL
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: John Ross 
>   To: Pianotech 
>   Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 4:11 PM
>   Subject: Re: That's mice
> 
> 
>   Watch it with the moth stuff. Tuners Supply used
> to say that some moth stuff was corrosive to the
> metal stuff in a piano. They said theirs was a
> special formulation.
>   Mind you it might have been sales hype.
>   John M. Ross
>   Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>   jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: hubert liverman 
>     To: Pianotech 
>     Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:44 PM
>     Subject: Re: That's mice
> 
> 
>     Yes, it may work with moths but not mice! Some
> piano owners are allergic/don't like the smell. If
> so, find a cabinet maker in your area and ask for
> some scrap cedar leftover interior closet sheathing.
> Sand if necessary to get the aroma. Next tuning
> appointment, smell for aroma and sand/replace until
> you do. Size,number and,placement of peices vary. It
> seems to get rid of the moths,and smells like
> Christmas year round. If you see Moth damage it may
> be to late except on lesser home owned pianos.
> Mice/Rats are another problem, they/their droppings
> may or not may be long since dead. Take care. A just
> weaned 'Possum will create total devistation. 
> DAMHIK...(Interior pun intended) :-
> 
> 
> 
>     Hubert Liverman 
>     Tuner/tech
>     Opelika,Al
>       ----- Original Message ----- 
>       From: Vinny Samarco 
>       To: Pianotech 
>       Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:26 PM
>       Subject: Re: That's mice
> 
> 
>       Hi EVeryone,
>       Have any of you tried moth balls inside a
> piano?  Someone said they worked well.
>       Vinny
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: Alpha88x@aol.com 
>         To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>         Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:02 AM
>         Subject: Re: That's mice
> 
> 
>         Greetings, 
> 
>                 That customer?.....Inform her of the
> danger of HER contracting Haunta...that should get
> her stepping on her hygiene situation(at least as
> far as mice, I would hope)! 
> 
>         Julia,
>         Reading,PA 


		
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