Pianotech

Folks,

Anyone here have experience with mold in pianos? My customer's Yamaha G1 sat in a classroom during the summer recess during a damp season here and with the AC running.  When school resumed, the entire classroom, including her piano, was moldy.  The school brought in a mold exterminator who fumigated the place but didn't bother to open the piano.  So, the mold's still in the piano and arguably posing a risk to the just-fumigated room.  It's her personal piano, and the school wants it out of there, at least temporarily. Given the environment, she probably needs to find it a new home anyway, but she has no room for it in her apartment.  I haven't been able to get a look at the action, but it plays and sounds fine.  The only place I can see mold is on the sound board next to the treble bridge.  Her questions:

• How likely is it that the mold that infected the room originated in the piano (the exterminator thinks so)?
• Does topical application of a mold-remover product  (e.g. Cory Mold and Mildew Remover or LA Awesome Cleaner) normally address the problem?
• What is available otherwise?

Thanks in advance.

Harry Miller

Lawrence, Kansas

Folks,

Anyone here have experience with mold in pianos? My customer's Yamaha G1 sat in a classroom during the summer recess during a damp season here and with the AC running.  When school resumed, the entire classroom, including her piano, was moldy.  The school brought in a mold exterminator who fumigated the place but didn't bother to open the piano.  So, the mold's still in the piano and arguably posing a risk to the just-fumigated room.  It's her personal piano, and the school wants it out of there, at least temporarily. Given the environment, she probably needs to find it a new home anyway, but she has no room for it in her apartment.  I haven't been able to get a look at the action, but it plays and sounds fine.  The only place I can see mold is on the sound board next to the treble bridge.  Her questions:

• How likely is it that the mold that infected the room originated in the piano (the exterminator thinks so)?
• Does topical application of a mold-remover product  (e.g. Cory Mold and Mildew Remover or LA Awesome Cleaner) normally address the problem?
• What is available otherwise?

Thanks in advance.

Harry Miller

Lawrence, Kansas

Folks,

Anyone here have experience with mold in pianos? My customer's Yamaha G1 sat in a classroom during the summer recess during a damp season here and with the AC running.  When school resumed, the entire classroom, including her piano, was moldy.  The school brought in a mold exterminator who fumigated the place but didn't bother to open the piano.  So, the mold's still in the piano and arguably posing a risk to the just-fumigated room.  It's her personal piano, and the school wants it out of there, at least temporarily. Given the environment, she probably needs to find it a new home anyway, but she has no room for it in her apartment.  I haven't been able to get a look at the action, but it plays and sounds fine.  The only place I can see mold is on the sound board next to the treble bridge.  Her questions:

• How likely is it that the mold that infected the room originated in the piano (the exterminator thinks so)?
• Does topical application of a mold-remover product  (e.g. Cory Mold and Mildew Remover or LA Awesome Cleaner) normally address the problem?
• What is available otherwise?

Thanks in advance.

Harry Miller

Lawrence, Kansas

Folks,

Anyone here have experience with mold in pianos? My customer's Yamaha G1 sat in a classroom during the summer recess during a damp season here and with the AC running.  When school resumed, the entire classroom, including her piano, was moldy.  The school brought in a mold exterminator who fumigated the place but didn't bother to open the piano.  So, the mold's still in the piano and arguably posing a risk to the just-fumigated room.  It's her personal piano, and the school wants it out of there, at least temporarily. Given the environment, she probably needs to find it a new home anyway, but she has no room for it in her apartment.  I haven't been able to get a look at the action, but it plays and sounds fine.  The only place I can see mold is on the sound board next to the treble bridge.  Her questions:

• How likely is it that the mold that infected the room originated in the piano (the exterminator thinks so)?
• Does topical application of a mold-remover product  (e.g. Cory Mold and Mildew Remover or LA Awesome Cleaner) normally address the problem?
• What is available otherwise?

Thanks in advance.

Harry Miller

Lawrence, Kansas