[pianotech] Interesting Find

[Kerry]

I opened an upright one time to find the side keywells filled with dogfood,
and the center was a cozy nest. When I returned the action and keys two
weeks later, they'd filled it up again (busy indeed!). The lady was appalled
so I had to stifle a laugh when I imagined the horror and fury the mice
experienced when they returned home to find they'd been burglarized again.

 

Kerry Kean

www.ohiopianotuner.com <http://www.ohiopianotuner.com/> 

 

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From: CHARLES BECKER [mailto:cbeckercpt at verizon.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:11 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting Find

 

I once found the space under the keys filled up with dog kibble.  That was
one busy rodent.

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Terry <mailto:mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>  Farrell 

To: pianotech at ptg.org 

Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:18 PM

Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting Find

 

I had a piano some years back where the customer said none of the keys
worked - you couldn't push them down. I went there and removed some of the
keys and found the entire keybed - all the space under the keys - was
completely filled with acorns. Not really 100% sure how they got there. 

 

Terry Farrell

 

On Feb 4, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Marc Mailhot wrote:






Hi everyone.

 

Just got back from a supposed 30 min piano evaluation that turned into a 2
hour service  all.

 

Seems a rodent got into her Wurlitzer Spinet...built a nice nest and helped
himself to piles of dogfood...still on the action...IN the action...and on
the bottom of the piano.  Being a Spinet did not want to pull the acton and
managed to get most of it out.  Still more left which will require another
service call and likely pulling all the keys out as I found little morsels
of food underneath the 3 keys I pulled to get the food out.Tuning after the
next service call. Pulled one original key screw out and found it was bent
in the middle...installed that way at the Factory in 1963 per my dating of
the SN.  More quality workmanship from Wullitzer!  My customer got her
camera out and I took a good number of photos which she'll send me and then
I'll share with all of you. I love this job and thought I'd share my morning
with you all.  Last known tuning was in June 1994.

 

She lives in the country and I suspect this happens all the time...but my
first encounter with rodents who like pianos!

 

All for now.

 

Regards as always.

 

Marc P. Mailhot

Marco Polo Music

Westbrook, Maine USA

The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make...

The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969

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