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But I got it for free!

  • 1.  But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-19-2018 16:25

    And worth every penny.



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    Jim Fariss, RPT
    Black Forest Piano
    Black Forest, Colorado
    (719) 425-8845
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  • 2.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-19-2018 17:24
    Did the mice come with it?

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    Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
    Mililani, HI 96789
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  • 3.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Posted 01-19-2018 17:27
    Very nice. A tossed salad with a fragrant odor made at the Minnie and Mickey Mouse Piano Restaurant. It also doubles as a cozy bed for the Mouseketeers! 
    Sure, it was free but often a person gets what they don't pay for.  

    Bob Highfield

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    Robert Highfield
    Lancaster PA
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  • 4.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Member
    Posted 01-19-2018 23:31
    Active Mouse Alert - the droppings look fresh . Rather nasty but I have seen far worse.

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    James Kelly
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 5.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-20-2018 11:15
    I've retrieved far worse. This doesn't even look all that far gone.

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    Susan Kline
    Philomath, Oregon
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  • 6.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-20-2018 15:51
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    What's really disturbing is when you open up the piano and the critter is still in there!!!

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    Gary Bruce, RPT
    Bruce Piano Service
    Edmond, OK
    405-413-TUNE
    www.brucepiano.com
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  • 7.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Posted 01-20-2018 22:08
    Haha! I was expecting to see a real mouse ;)

    One time I had to retrieve a recently dead mouse. It still smelled like a dead mouse, so probably 2-3 weeks? It had died on the bass bridge. I had to loosen some bass wires to remove it.

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    John Formsma, RPT
    New Albany MS
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  • 8.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-26-2018 12:33
    Gary, that picture made my day!  I laughed so hard! :D

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    Laura Wright, RPT
    Ivory Keys Piano Service
    Durango CO
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  • 9.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-26-2018 12:38
    And my personal favorite, when the customer calls and says, "my keys won't go down anymore" and you get there and pull up the keys and the entire keybed is PACKED with cat food....arrrrgh!

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    Laura Wright, RPT
    Ivory Keys Piano Service
    Durango CO
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  • 10.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Posted 01-26-2018 14:06
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    Like this?

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    Charles Rempel
    Dampp-Chaser Corp.
    HENDERSONVILLE NC
    828-692-8271
    Charles
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  • 11.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-26-2018 14:12
    Man, that's a pretty industrious little critter! How many kibbles can you carry in your mouth? Without eating them? Reminds me of a certain President who said he didn't inhale. Right..
    Paul McCLoud
    San DIego




  • 12.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 01-26-2018 14:16
    I've had a few like that.  Don't they know when they have enough already?!

    Pwg

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    Peter Grey
    Stratham NH
    603-686-2395
    pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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  • 13.  RE: But I got it for free!

    Member
    Posted 01-26-2018 19:23
    I have pictures someplace of a Petrof studio that was loaded with dry dog food packed so tight under the keys it looked like a stone mason did it. Unfortunately the mice had destroyed most of the hammer felt . New hammer felts from the factory saved the day. You have to wonder how many mice it took to transport the dry food and when they did it.

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    James Kelly
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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