What a great idea, David! Then, the piano will play salsa music much better! I've heard that bugs don't like lavender eitherŠmoth balls? Do they still make them? They're kinda nasty however... Paul On 11/8/12 12:46 PM, "David Stanwood" <stanwood at tiac.net> wrote: >Hi Terry, > >When I was in Cuba '97 we had a symposium on insect damage in pianos, >particularly termites. The only thing that seemed to work over long >periods of time is hothot pepper. We have a lot of moth larvae >"activity" here on Martha's Vineyard and I've had good luck with >keeping the action clean and dust free and sprinkling Red Pepper >powder on key frame felts. The larvae like dark woolly places but >not with the addition of pepper powder! > >David Stanwood > > >>Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com >>Wed Nov 7 17:21:35 MST 2012 > > >>Until today I had not seen every key bushing on a piano eaten by >>something..... >
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