If you go through the trouble of installing the "mouse ladder" why not a little diving board and some Jacuzzi jets as well? Ryan Sowers On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:50 AM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote: > That's really disgusting! > > My worst mouse extraction so far was one that had died on the bass bridge > of a Baldwin vertical (model 6000 I think). Thankfully I could use > tweezers, so it wasn't all that bad really. Stank a lot, though! > > A mouse ladder? Sheesh! > > -- > John Formsma, RPT > Blue Mountain, MS > > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Joseph Giandalone <rufy at rcn.com> wrote: > >> >> That's a cute story. Here's my best D-C story: >> >> Horrible stench emanating from studio upright. Investigation reveals >> mouse who found its way into the reservoir bucket but could not find his >> way out. If you've never encountered this situation, believe me, you don't >> want to. >> >> These people were self-described "conservationists" which (in their >> definition) meant they refused to use mouse traps in their home. They asked >> me (and of course I complied) to devise a "mouse ladder" to put inside the >> bucket. (This was in the day of the taller reservoir buckets.) Also tried >> to mouse-proof the piano (using physical impediments) and THAT is no piece >> of cake. Mice can squeeze their little bodies (I don't think any of their >> internal organs are anchored) into an opening the size of a dime (that's a >> full-grown one)! I had to build a "cage" around the pedals, inside. Further >> tragedy was averted. >> >> Joseph >> >> -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120909/e81cbe81/attachment-0001.htm>
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