On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Marc Mailhot <mailhot0405 at yahoo.com> 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 > > --- On *Thu, 2/4/10, pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> > * wrote: > > > From: pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> > Subject: pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 46 > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 2:00 PM > > > Send pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org<http://us.mc507.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org<http://us.mc507.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech-request@ptg.org> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org<http://us.mc507.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech-owner@ptg.org> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 44 (Anna-Luise Messerschmidt) > 2. Re: Axis of evil sounds (was hardening hammers on a Chinese > PSO) (Kerry) > 3. Re: Pleyel Grand Regulation (David Ilvedson) > 4. Pleyel Grand Regulation (CALANDE Luc) > _______________________________________________ > pianotech mailing list > pianotech at ptg.org<http://us.mc507.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org> > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > > > I found an upright that the keys wouldn't move up or down, completely filled with corn leaves for bedding and of course plenty of corn, where else in the corner of a corn field in an old one room school house. I also have a farm family I tune for regularly with a newer, 6-7 YO Young Chang console that I always have mouse damage to to deal with, chewed off bridle straps, hardened turds which just happen to be the right size to cause keys to hang up on one another and of course the chewed keys and parts. And then there's........ ah but the old clock on the wall says 6AM comes early to those who stay up to late posting all of his stories about rodenta and their evil ways! (grin) Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100204/24c07ad7/attachment.htm>
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