[pianotech] mildew

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Oct 19 20:10:01 MDT 2010


You don't like a nice bouquet of musty odor? What's wrong with that?

Terry Farrell

On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Qshooterq at aol.com wrote:

> In no email does anyone mention if this is an upright or grand.  I  
> ran across an upright piano with a strong musty odor.  I took the  
> keys out, vacuumed, and liberally sprinkled a mixture of cornstarch  
> and baking soda.  Then I put the keys back in and sprinkled more on  
> the keys.
>
> Then I left it for a year, and vacuumed it out.  The smell was gone.
>
> Warning, if you try this. . . . don't sprinkle near the balance rail  
> hole. It works its way down and piles up on top of the balance rail  
> punching.
>
>   ---     Tom Gorley

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