An ionizer/ozone generator may help a bit ( after all possible mechanical cleaning is done) and help with odors in the air, but if you want to deoderize a piano, you'd better be prepared to buy a serious unit. Mine ( the smallest the company sold) was $800, and I found it very effective in getting the cigarette smell out of a Steinway "M", but only AFTER I'd done all the mechanical cleaning I could conspire! (Including dunking the keys in Purple Power(TM)* scrubbing them, rinsing them, drying them with paper towels and leaving them on a rack with good circulation all around.) But it did "diddly" to get rid of the mouse-pee smell in another piano. (Even after the same extremely strenuous cleaning.) And remember: ozone damages the lungs. So the next time I do this, I intend it to be in a shed far, far from the shop! Thumpe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121204/0ac68d4f/attachment.htm>
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